windows 8.1 itunes wont recognize ipad

iPad not appearing in iTunes

http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/assistant/itunes/

iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591

iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

iTunes for Windows: iTunes can't contact the iPhone, iPad, or iPod software update server

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1814

iTunes for Windows: Device Sync Tests

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4235

IOS: Syncing with iTunes

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386

Apple - Support - iPad - Syncing

http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/syncing/

iTunes 10.5 and later: Troubleshooting iTunes Wi-Fi Syncing

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts4062

 Cheers, Tom 😉

i followed the following from another thread and it worked for me and alot of others:

This is what I did for both iPod Touch 3rd Gen and iPad Retina with Windows 8.1:

1. Plugged the iPod (or iPad) into a USB port.
2. Opened Windows Device Manager, and under the Portable Devices tree, found the Apple iPod.
3. Right-clicked iPod (or iPad) and selected Update Driver Software... option.

i.ally's post worked for me too. Thanks!

For me i.ally's hint doesn't worked.

But with Win8 I didn't had a problem.

With 8.1 I have big ones. Can't sync, can't backup, can't wipe my photos (more than 2000 so I don't want to del every single one manually).

Great thing!

iTunes is already de-installed and reinstalled 2x times.

Drivers are already de-installed and reinstalled at last iTunes install.

No hope left.. By the way: I didn't upgraded my iPad to iOS 7 cause that looks ugly to me.

Oh!

But that worked for me. ->

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

Reinstalling Driver from own sources c:\programs\ ...

> Quote:

• Right-click the Apple iPhone, Apple iPad, or Apple iPod entry in Device Manager and choose Update Driver from the shortcut menu.
• Click "Browse my computer for driver software."
• Click "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer."
• Click the Have Disk button. (If the Have Disk option is not present, choose a device category such as Mobile Phone or Storage Device if listed, and click next. The Have Disk button should then appear.)
• In the "Install from Disk" dialog, click the Browse button.
• Use this window to navigate to the following folder:
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers.
• Double-click the "usbaapl" file. (This file will be called "usbaapl64" if you have a 64-bit version of Windows. If you don't see "usbaapl64" here, or if there is no Drivers folder, look in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers. instead).
• Click OK in the "Install from Disk" dialog.
• Click Next and finish the driver-installation steps. Open iTunes to verify that the device is recognized properly.

I made an account just to thank you. I tried everything else I could find, and finally this worked. I don't know what happened, but neither of my devices could connect to iTunes after the 11.1.4 update. Thanks again!

Joined just to thank you. Your solution FINALLY solved my problem!!!

Thanks for the post, worked like a charm!

ally post worked for me as well thanks guys windows 8.1 is been a pain in de a**

Thanks mario ur awsome.. it worked for me.. thanks again

Thank you for sharing..solved my problem as well..

At lst a solution to my problem. I have just synced my iphone after following Mario's insturctions.after hours of frustration. Thank you.

Thank you so much for posting that you have saved my life and computer lol x

Thank you Mario, the link did work for me

Thanks alot. It was not an easy solution to find. Very happy I finally read your post.