IOS 6.01 update causes iTunes to demand to restore iPad

Question

I used the OTA update for my iPad 2, iPhone 4s and whatever the **** you call the iPad that was the new iPad that is now the not so new iPad. 
It worked (allegedly) in every case but after the update completed, iTunes lost what little mind it has complaining that it could not sync/update/backup.talk to any of the devices and that they needed to be restored.  Killing iTunes and restarting did nothing.  Rebooting the Mac Pro and rebooting the iPhone 4s fixed the error message.  Restarting the iPad 2 got it working again but even though the iPad 3 was working fine, it could not perform wireless sync with iTunes nor would it sync if connected via cable.  The only option available was to Restore it.
This is idiotic because the iPad3 was in fact working fine.  It was/is iTunes suffering brain damage.  So now I am partly through the lengthy process to restore the iPad and then restore the backup and then reload all the apps.  To refer to this as "inconvenient" would be charitable on my part.
Has Quality Assurance in the iOS group been shutdown completely?  As much as Mr. Jobs was not personally accountable for quality, it's gone downhill since his untimely passing.  I do not blame Mr. Cook either, but there is annoying level of evidence that Apple is taking QA much less seriously these days for reasons unknown.
I will get through this.  Apple please stop working so hard on delivering half-baked trainwrecks.

Answer 1

Quit iTunes, restart your Mac, restart the iPad and try again and see if the problem corrects itself.
Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.