Dear Community - Please Help. iPod Touch 4th Generation Not Recognized Suddenly on Macbook Pro

Hello all,
Just today my iPod Touch is not being recognized by my macbook pro - OSX Mountain Lion. Literally was working yesterday.
I have tried all the suggestions and trouble shooting and have scoured these community pages for an answer trying everything...
     - Restart and Shutdown the Macbook
     - Reset iPod - even did a full reset (didn't have a ton of content on there - no biggie)
     - Checked the five cords i have with my iPad and the USB ports on the macbook and all work with the iPad no problem
     - etc...
The iPod DOES charge no problem with the wall adaptor, so the input on the iPod itself is fine... and the iPod functions and Apps are working perfectly, it just won't be recognized by the computer.
What can I do here????
Very puzzled and stressed as I need to load it up with music for tomorrow!

There was a reply here that I have been trying and now the reply is not in this discussion...
Is there anything else that anyone could suggest...
This is what was suggested:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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