Several users have reported an issue in which iPhones and/or iPods will not appear in iTunes after the update to iTunes 9.1.
Solution
In most cases, this issue can be resolved by deleting the following file
- <username>/Library/Preferences/com.apple.itunes.plist
then restarting.
Failing this, you may want to peruse the fixes available in this Apple Knowledge Base article.
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Just like when you install the iPhone SDK, or prior updates to iTunes, you often need to restart the computer before the iPhone will appear. This is not a new issue.
My ipod touch did not initially show up, and then froze in use a little later. Rebooting the ipod took much longer at the Apple logo than usual, to the point I was thinking I would have to let the ipod run out of power and try again after a recharge. It still failed to show up on either my MacBook or my iMac. As others have reported, a reboot of the Macs seems to have solved the problem.
Powercycling the phone and the computer seemed to do the trick for me as well.
Mine fixed when I restarted the computer after iTunes 9.1 install