Over the weekend, I think I accidentally let my iPad drain its battery all the way, and then recharged it. Today, when I plugged it into that same Mac, it was recognized and I was offered a fresh opportunity to update it to 5.0 -- which I did with no mishaps or hiccups. So: It appears to have resolved itself! David Gillett -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [PCBUILD] Did I kill my iPad? From: [log in to unmask] Date: Mon, October 24, 2011 8:42 am To: [log in to unmask] Last week, I hooked my iPad to my MacBook and opted to download and install IOS 5 onto the iPad. About six hours later (still showing hours to go...), I shut down the Mac, figuring I would try again later from work -- hoping it would be possible to resume the download, but ready to accept that it might be necessary to start over. What I did NOT anticipate, though, was that iTunes on my MacBook no longer notices when my iPad is attached. And that, in turn means that I no longer have access to the "Restore my iPad to its defaults" function which I might otherwise be tempted to try as a fix. There are some other things I can try and haven't yet, but has anyone seen or heard of something like this? (My subject line is an exaggeration -- the iPad still works, it's just the connection to iTunes that seems to be lost. I have iTunes on a couple of Windows machines -- one of the things I haven't tried yet is connectng to one of them, in case it is iTunes on that Mac that is the problem.) David Gillett PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml