My iPad will not begin to sync at all ???

Good day Apple community,

As of only yesterday, I can not get my iPad Air 2, to begin to sync.

I plug it in to a Mac Air and the window pops up on the iPad with the "Do you Trust this computer"

I have not had that happen in the 6 years I've had this iPad.

I push "Trust" and enter passcode and.... nothing happens.

In the Music App I do not see the iPad logo and there is no indication, that the iPad is syncing.

It is charging so I assume nothing is wrong with the ports, though I could be wrong.

I would welcome any advice on this.

Usually, below the "Store" image, I would see the iPad image. It does not appear at all, once the iPad is plugged in as it has done for the life of this iPad.

Thank you for any advice.