Sync in ITunes- please help

New iPhone 4 won't sync. Doesn't show up in Itunes. Need help! ITunes 9.2 and Mac OS X version 10.5.8

Thanks for all the replies guys - you've been great. jk
I solved my problem by reinstalling iTunes. I would have done that sooner, but, I have a very large library and a lot of playlists and I was worried about possibly loosing some of that. The reinstall was fine, nothing was lost and my iPhone 4 syncs now.
Here is a page from Apple with advice for the same problem - though there isn't too much there that you all probably wouldn't try on your own:
http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/assistant/itunes/
Chris

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I've found that it is an issue with items that are already on your phone.
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1) uncheck everything from syncing (apps, music, tv shows, movies, podcasts, etc), try to perform a sync, it most likely will work. Then, sync after checking each item individually (check the sync box for videos, then sync, check the sync box for podcasts, then sync, check the sync box for music, then sync, etc). One of two things will happen, 1) you will fix the problem, or 2) you will identify exactly what part of the sync setup is the culprit.
2) if the above doesn't work, I've found that it is likely an issue with files that are on your phone but your phone doesn't exaclty recognize (for example, I had copies of music on my phone that didn't show up in the music app, I went in on itunes and manually deleted those songs from my phone and that fixed the sync). to do this, check the "manually manage music and videos" box at the bottom of "summary" while your phone is connected to itunes. Then, go to the left hand pane in itunes and find your iphone device, click the drop-down arrow that shows all the categories for media on your iphone. Go to the music category in your iphone on itunes and delete all the music that shows up. Try to perform a sync - it likely will work. After this, you can uncheck the manually manage music box and re-sync your phone as normal
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