Why does my ipod no longer appear?

I just updated to iTunes 11.0.3 and now my iPod doesn't show up. It appears on Finder and tells me its connected but iTunes doesn't see it.
When I went through the support pages, I got options for iPhone, iTouch, iPad, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle. PLEASE Do not tell me that you have abandoned the iPod.
Thank you,
Patrick Calhoun

Okay.. had to reset my iPod THREE times but iTunes and my iPod finally decided to talk to one another. The first time I reset, nothing. Figured why not and try three times.... that worked.

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