ITunes 8.1 doesnt recognize iPod Touch

Ever since I upgraded my itunes to 8.1 it doesn't recognize my ipod. I even plugged in my friends ipod touch and it doesn't recognize his either. I have uninstalled itunes and reinstalled numerous times. restarted my cpu. shut it off for a day, but it still wont recognize the ipod. any help is much appreciated.

OK so i am in the exact same boat as you guys.....I also upgraded to the "latest and greatest" and got stuck with a version of iTunes that wont see my iPod Touch...I have tried
uninstall then reinstall
disconnecting internet cable before plugging ipod in (saw tht somewhere,,not to much hope)
Going into msconfig and shutting down all possible conflicts
Turning off any and all antivirus, internet filtering, and firewall software
Putting iPod in DFU mode
Restoring on other computer than connecting
Reseting ipod
I am completely at a loss and would love to use my iPod again
I am really hoping apple will fix this before i give up....
Ben

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i bought a new ipod touch and everything worked just fine. But after I updated the ipod to 3.0, itunes wont recognize it anymore.
I already tried everything there is (uninstalling itunes etc). The PC recognizes the ipod thought.And i tried it on anothter PC and the ipod is instantly recognized. So i guess it is a PC problem!!
Please HELP!!!

Hey iFloatHigh,
I found two articles that can help you out. The troubleshooting you'll do depends on the type of computer you're trying to sync the iPod to. The first is for Windows, the second for Mac:
iPod not recognized in 'My Computer' and in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1369
iPod not recognized in iTunes and Mac desktop
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1410
Cheers,
David

ITunes 9 does not recognize iPod Touch (1st Gen); Vista does -- as a ...

...Still Digital Camera, complete with a DCIM folder.
Upon USB hookup, Vista popups up a new window with the directory My Computer\Apple iPod\ , with the sub-directories of Internal Storage\DCIM. Free space and Used space are both 0 bytes.
Additionally, the attempt to reset the iPod failed, as Vista claims that recovery mode for the iPod is not supported.

It says 9.1.1(11) -- and the update check says it's there are no updates for me.
Looking through the drivers that are associated with the iPod, I get:
\system32\drivers\WpdMtpDr.dll
\system32\drivers\WpdUSB.dll
\system32\drivers\WUDFRd.sys
\system32\WpdConns.dll
\system32\WpdMtp.dll
\system32\WpdMtpUS.dll
No USBaApl.sys at all.
An attempt to auto-update the driver and by manually pointing to the \system32\drivers\ directory yields:
Best driver already installed -- Digital Still Camera
Without an .inf file to easily associate to the iPod, it's hard to choose which of the device drivers to force the usbaaple.sys to the iPod -- I can't choose .sys files, only .infs.
Of the device types:
(Standard MTP-Compliant Device)
--Kodak DC4800 Zoom Digital Camera
--Kodak DC4800 Zoom Digital Camera
--Kodak Digital Camera
--Kodak Digital Camera
--MTP Device Version: 6.0.6000.16386 [6/21/2006]
--MTP Device Version: 6.0.6000.18000 [6/21/2006]
(Standard MTP-compliant devices)
--Digital Still Camera *What Vista thinks the iPod is
--Digital Still Camera
--MTP Device
--MTP Device
--MTP IP Device
--MTP IP Device
(Standard Windows Mobile device)
--Windows Mobile device
(WPD file system device)
--Microsoft WPD FileSystem Volume Driver
Outside of the Kodak drivers, I've no idea which one would be best suited for the iPod, and I suspect none of them will work. I should note, the iTunes did recognize the iPod at some point. Thankfully, I only sync'ed to the iPod instead of maintaining a portion of my library on the iPod Touch (I lost some tracks on an iPod Mini when slipped off the jack and hit the ground, crashing the hard drive); I don't have any photos or videos on it.

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Hi. I have a brand new 4th-gen ipod Touch. I'm running Snow Leopard and iTunes 10.4.1 on a Macbook. I have three other ipods (classic, shuffle x 2) and they all work fine. THe USB cable and port work fine with other ipods (and with this one on the rare occasions it works properly) and the ipod touch, when it's cooperating, seems to function OK so I don't think it's a hardware failure. It hasn't been dropped/wet, and I've only used it for 4 days.
Bit of a saga and I'm getting seriously fed up!
The ipod touch synced OK the first time I went to set it up, I installed some music/apps and all seemed fine. Then the next time itunes wouldn't recognize it so I couldn't sync (it just charges through the USB but does nothing else). So I ran through all the suggested tests on Apple support (turning on/off, checking I had the right versions of stuff, etc), that didn't help so I uninstalled and reinstalled itunes 10. That worked, and the ipod touch synced and I was able to use it again. BUT, the day after that, it went back to not being recognized. Tried everything again, reinstalled itunes - that worked. Then the next day... not recognized again!
So I phoned Apple support, and the guy told me to hard reset and restore factory settings, which I did but it failed: first time it didn't restore (was just same as before). Second time I tried it froze and I got Error #1611. Tried again and got Error #1618 which isn't even listed on the Apple Support page the error message links to (by this stage it was showing the plug into itunes screen you get when you first turn it on, but only when plugged into a USB port - wouldn't turn on when not connected). So I called Apple Support again (different person this time) and was told it was a possible hardware failure and I should take it to my local Apple Reseller.
Apple Reseller staff looked at it, confirmed that it'd only turn on when connected to computer, so they plugged it into one of theirs and restored the factory settings. THis time successful (ipod working again) but went to sync to itunes and AGAIN it wouldn't recognized it. Went through the whole uninstall/reinstall process for itunes and got the ipod to sync. But now.... not recognized again!! I can't keep uninstalling and reinstalling itunes every time I want to sync the ipod, that's just ridiculous.
Has anyone else had this problem? And does anyone know how to fix it?

I think I might have fixed it (touch wood, cross fingers, etc)...
Here's what I did:
In Finder, under "Go", select "Go to folder".
When the box comes up, enter this folder name: /system/library/launchdaemons
Click "go"
Locate this file: com.apple.usbmuxd.plist~orig
Put it in the trash
(NB: there's also a file called "com.apple.usbmuxd.plist" in that folder - don't touch that one)
Restart computer
Open itunes, connect ipod
If the ipod appears in itunes, restart and try again to confirm it's working.
This came from instructions someone else posted on another Apple discussion about an ipod touch not syncing. That reply said to do the software updates from the Apple menu first, but I did that and they failed to install but the above still worked, so the updates might not be necessary.

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Hello Everyone,
I am Aaron from South India. Recently, I bought my first Apple product - brand new iPod Touch 64 GB.
I connected it to the Computer (Windows XP with iTunes 2009) in our Church. The iPod connected to the system without any issues, allowed me to set the initial settings in iTunes and I was able to sync some movies and music files wonderfully.
Later, I installed the same iTunes in my system (Windows XP) at home and tried to connect my iPod. My computer recognized the iPod as a Camera and displayed it under "Scanners and Cameras". Then I started the iTunes and the iTunes couldn't recognize it. I ran the Diagnostics under the [Help] menu and the result is that "No iPhone / iPod found" though the iPod is connected to the Computer. I tried the following to solve this issue:
1. I tried unistalling and reinstalling the iTunes. - Failed.
2. Deleted the iPod under the "Scanners and Cameras" and tried the reinstallation of iTunes - Failed.
3. Stopped the Apple Services and restarted the Services - Failed.
4. Uninstalled all the Apple sofrwares through Add / Remove Programs in the following order:
iTunes
quicktime
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Bonjour
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Regards
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I think the problem could be that when I plug the iPod, the system recognizes it as a "Camera" and not as a Apple Device...
Does anyone know how to handle this?

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Just updated iTunes to v. 10.3.1.55 and still have the same problem with iTunes freezing when connecting my iTouch. It will eventually respond but never recognizes my ipod. Un-install Microsoft Security Essentials and it works fine. I have 2 other computers with the same setup (software wise) and neither of those have this issue.
Here's a thread with more details I've posted trying to find an answer to this...
http://www.sevenforums.com/system-security/161085-security-essentials-itunes.htm l#post1439068
Any help would be appreciated...
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Message was edited by: logan1080

logan1080 wrote:
My computer said "does not recognize device in USB port
maybe [this|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538] support article article can help.
JGG

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Max

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http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
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