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Why does "backup" take so long?

When I plug in my iPhone to my MacBook to sync it, iTunes almost always goes into the "backup" mode. Every time it does, it take a long, long time to complete. I am talking about 15-20 minutes just for the backup process. Why is that?

I would understand it if it was the very first time that iTunes backed up my iPhone. That's not the case; every backup operation seems to take a long time. Does iTunes not have the concept of "incremental backup?

MacBook (Black 2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo), Mac OS X (10.4.11), iPhone 3G (16GB white)

Posted on Jul 26, 2008 8:08 PM

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drkdaedvn

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Posted on Jul 26, 2008 8:14 PM

Because iTunes is backing up "every-single" change you made in application(s) you used since the last back-up. So, in-case you need to do a restore if you lose you phone, it gets lost, etc... you will be back at the same state you were in last since your last back-up.

Tip: Hit the "x" to the right of the progress bar to skip the back-up, if your in a hurry.

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Jan 5, 2009 9:37 AM in response to daihard

i have about 100 apps on my phone 9including facebook - although i dont use it much) - since 2.2 the longest a backup has taken was 11 minutes - usually they are 5-6 minutes

Why does "backup" take so long?