Why is my itunes not recognizing my iphone 4S?

When I plug in my iphone 4S to my Mac computer, iphoto is the only application that opens.  Why does itunes not open when I plug in my iphone?  Why does itunes not even recognize my iphone?

The problem is that your MacOS and iTunes versions do not support the iPhone 4. The minimum requirements are written on the box.
Please check out this thread....https://discussions.apple.com/message/16126807#16126807
So first, just get the upgrade to at least 10.5.8.
I'd suggest that you go to 10.6 (Snow Leopard) in the Apple Store but be sure to check that you have the minimum hardware requirements on your Mac.
Then get the latest version of iTunes.

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