Why don't my iPhone headphones with mic work with my Mac?

When I plug my headphones in, they work fine. The remote works too. I just can't get the mic to work. System Preferences doesn't detect them, and I can't set them up with Audio MIDI Setup. They work perfectly on my iPhone, but not my Mac. I know they work with Mac's, because I have seen people state on the Apple website that they do. I need help!

MacBook Pro 13 inch (Early 2011) Mac OSX Lion 10.7.4

From the page linked below…
"Compatibility Information
* The remote and mic are supported only by iPod nano (4th generation and later), iPod classic (120GB/160GB), iPod touch (2nd generation and later), iPhone 3GS and later, and iPad. The remote is supported by iPod shuffle (3rd generation and later). Audio is supported by all iPod models.
* Requires software version 1.0.3 for iPod nano (4th generation), 2.0.1 for iPod classic (120GB), and 2.2 or later for iPod touch (2nd generation)."

Even so, Apple has an article (second link below) that disproves their compatibility statement.

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