IPods can't be seen my iTunes on os x (but do show up in finder)

Hi all, wonder if someone can help me out.
I have two ipods an old classic and a new nano. When I plug them into my imac (os x 10.7.4) they will show up in finder but not in iTunes.
I also have an ipad and an iphone and those ones will show up just fine in itunes (both wired and wirelessly)
I know theres no problem with the cables and ports because they work with the other devices. I also know the ipods are fine because they will show up in itunes on my macbook air (also running os x 10.7.4.)
I have restarted the computer, the ipods and made sure to run software update to make sure everything is up to date.
Im out of ideas and right now I cant add music to my ipods which is really annoying.
Anyone know of a solution?
Thanks in advance...

A tough one...
Next thing would be to repair permissions on your hard drive.
On the Finder menu bar, Click Go > Utilities
Open Disk Utility.
On the left bar, click on your hard drive. There will be a drive aligned all the way left, and then your hard drive name indented slightly. Click on the indented drive.
On the First Aid tab, click Repair Disk Permissions.
This process could take a while depending on many different factors. Usually it takes no longer than 30 minutes but could take longer if there are a lot of permission errors.
Restart your Mac after this. Also uncheck the "restore windows from last session".
If this still doesn't work, go to any apple store with your sync cable and see if your iPod will mount on any of the Macs on display in iTunes. If an employee comes up to you, I always play stupid and say that you are trying to get the iPod to appear in iTunes because you can't at home. (Playing stupid is so much fun)
If your Nano is less than 90 days old, you should have free phone support too.
One last thing:
Download iRip from here: http://thelittleappfactory.com/irip/
iRip is a recovery tool that lets you copy content from an iPod to your computer without iTunes. (Saved me many times over)
You can download this application for free. Close and Quit iTunes and plug your iPod in. Open iRip. Click manual recovery. If iRip detects your iPod and you can see all your content, then something is really wrong here. If iRip can't detect your iPod then there is probably damage to the 30-pin connector and/or hard drive damage since iPod classic use a spinning hard drive.
Note: iRip will transfer 100 tracks for free from your iPod and can be used to save your music collection! Full version is like 20 bucks, totally worth it...
Our use here would be seeing if it mounts at all.

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