MacBook doesn't recognise my iphone?

I bought a new charger cable for my iPhone 4. When I connect it with my MacBook Pro, it charges the phone alright, but the computer or the iTunes won't recognise my phone as a device so I can't transfer any data.

Many 3rd party iphone cables can't transfer data. You need to get a genuine Apple cable, that will solve your problem

That's the problem with apple, they want control and then you get things that are not open source so it ruins everything. Everything has to be 'perfect' and expensive. But it doesn't have to be expensive because android phones and windows computers have better hardware inside for a much lower price.
All the accessories have to be genuine because they want your money. With all the other company's it's just a micro usb that's universal so you can have everything connected with the same CHEAP cable from china.

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