Cannot Charge iPhone without unlocking passcode first

Dont know if this was Designed this way or if this is a bug but...
I have a passcode on my phone, if I plug it into my MacBook running Leopard, it says cannot charge phone unless u enter passcode.
Was just wondering if this was supposed to be like this.
Thanks.

This happens to me everytime too. I have downloaded Photoshop again to fix the corrupt files, but it didn't help. So now when I connect my phone, and Photoshop opens, I just click on the iTunes icon on my desktop. To upload any pics I have, I choose another option to upload them. Then go to Photoshop, get pics, and look for files on my computer. Adobe will stay open and will not allow me to cancel or close. Then I have to do ctl, alt, del. Apparently this is an issue with Adobe. Hope this helps.....

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