Hi Pete
I was connecting with a USB. It appears the problem was a dud cord. In the 
middle of it all there were the major updates for the iPad and computer which I 
completed, changed the cord and all is well.
Thank you for your response.
Kind regards
Peter

> On 9 Dec 2015, at 6:38 PM, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi Peter, I presume you are connecting to the Mac with a USB or is it 
> wirelessly connected over your WiFi network. Whichever it is, I would do a 
> restart of both Mac and iPad for starters - whilst they are disconnected from 
> each other. 
> 
> Restart each and alow to complete start up fully. Then reconnect and verify 
> iTunes recognises the iPad.
> 
> When was the last synch and Backup?
> 
> Once you;ve done this, get back for more investigation if thats not resolved 
> it. 
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Pete
> 
>> On 9 Dec 2015, at 6:13 PM, Peter Curtis <pe...@augold.com.au> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> To carry on from my last email, the only way I can get rid of the message is 
>> to force quit iTunes.
>> Peter
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