When I try to pair my iPhone 5 with my iMac = error. Help

I am trying to pair my iphone 5 to my imac (ver 10.7.5) I have itunes (ver 11.0.3) I go through the blue tooth pair steps and the passcode numbers match up ok, but then I tap "pair" on the iphone and I get error message. "Connection Unsucessful: (Name) imac is not supported" What am I doing wrong?
Thx

Here's a Knowledge Base article on syncing over WiFi: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2560
But the best thing to do is to read the manual:
iPhone User Guide (For iOS 6.1 Software)
The part you are looking for begins on Page 14. There's additional information on pages 62 and 94.

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