Transferring Photos

Hi Appl3l3arn

welcome to the Apple Community.

Re: “The device attached is not functioning”

Wondering whether this photo-transfer is to a Mac laptop or PC, and which MacOS or Windows OS version is installed.

You might want to try restarting your laptop:

Eg:

To restart a Mac,

choose Apple Menu (black Apple, on left in top menu bar) > Restart

For PC : Start > Power button > select Restart

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You could check your iPhone's iOS is up-to-date:

(Remember to back-up first, if you need to update)

About iOS 16 Updates - Apple Support says 16.4.1, is newest update.

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Re: "Transferring Photos"

Maybe check this article below for tips:

Connect iPhone and your computer with a cable - Apple Support

Apple support have this article below online that may help:

How to: Transfer photos and videos from your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or PC - Apple Support

or

You might want to scroll to:

"More ways to transfer photos and videos to your computer"

at the bottom of the above article:

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Trouble-shooting:

If your computer doesn't recognize your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

In the discussion thread on a similar issue :

iPhone X "A device attached to the system… - Apple Community

Alec gives a tip that helped others with the issue:

says:

"Try This:

Settings > Photos > Where it says "Transfer to Mac or PC" Select "Keep Originals" "

All the best :-)