Backing Up iphone?!!??! every time i connect?

So I got to activate it and sync it finally today. I noticed that every time i plug in the phone. Itunes says "Backing up iphone" and I have to wait until its done backing it up before it starts syncing any new things. Is this normal or should I do a clean restore and start from scratch? PLEASE help.

 MacBook Blk 250HD 2.4GHz 2G 2008, 3G White iPhone 16GB, iPod Touch 32GB , Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Jul 11, 2008 7:51 PM

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Brian Elmi

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Posted on Jul 14, 2008 11:31 PM

This is directly off of Apple's website ( http://www.apple.com/iphone/tips/):

"Once iPhone has been configured to sync with a particular computer, iTunes automatically makes a backup of iPhone on that computer when you sync. iTunes won’t automatically back up an iPhone that is not configured to sync with that computer. If you have configured iPhone to automatically sync with iTunes on a specific computer, iTunes will back up iPhone every time you connect it to that computer. Automatic syncing is turned on by default. iTunes only makes one backup each time you connect, even if you sync multiple times before disconnecting."

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Jul 16, 2008 11:43 AM in response to bitoffeefback

POP is useless for keeping mails synchronized. It can be done, but seriously get away from it, it offer no benefit whatsoever over IMAP.

Jul 17, 2008 1:01 PM in response to fonnas

Simply click the circular X symbol to the right of the progress bar when it starts backing up, it will stop and continue to sync your iPhone like normal.

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