Mac will not recognize my iPhone. a restart will resolve but...?

every so often my Mac will not recognize my iPhone. a restart will resolve, is there a trick to recognize the iPhone without a restart? I'm on an eMac w OS 10.4.11 3GS

I am having the same problem running the same OS X. also will not post email out with photos. apple store could not figure it out. says password has not been entered but it has???
also, weird things with mail. here the alarm that mail has arrived and can see it for a second. then it disappears and comes back a few minutes later!
local calls fail to go out - yuck! this is my third iphone. i am not happy with this!

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