Backing up during sync taking extremely long time

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Backing up during sync taking extremely long time

i unboxed my iPad, activated, then downloaded some apps straight on the device. went back to sync about 3 hours ago and its about 75% done with the "Backing up" stage in iTunes. its definitely moving, just ever so slowly. reminds me of the slow backups in iPhone OS 2.0
anyone else seeing this?

Message was edited by: nabilshahid

iPad 32GB, Windows 7

Posted on Apr 3, 2010 3:27 PM

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Apr 3, 2010 4:21 PM in response to nabilshahid

almost 4 hours now, about 90% done.

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Apr 3, 2010 7:26 PM in response to nabilshahid

Yes having same problem.. Not 4 hours, but really long (20+ minutes) considering I don't have a single song, video, or photo even on the device yet.

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Apr 3, 2010 9:08 PM in response to nabilshahid

it finally finished about 4.5 hours after it started. a bit ridiculous.
going to attempt to add some more content now, hopefully not going to take all night.

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Apr 4, 2010 12:01 PM in response to nabilshahid

I'm having this exact same problem. But not on the first day. This is day two and I want to just sync my iPad and it's taking like 30+ minutes just for the backup part????

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x0lliex

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Apr 4, 2010 12:36 PM in response to Quint Randle

Add me to the list, backup is taking forever, 30+ minutes each time. Something is not right.

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jmbarr

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Apr 4, 2010 1:04 PM in response to x0lliex

iPad won't charge while syncing with brand new iMac 27" and has been in the back up mode for over 3 hours. It backs up everytime connected to iMac even if nothing has been modified on the iPad. Is there a way to turn off backup so that it will just do a straight sync?

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Apr 4, 2010 3:43 PM in response to nabilshahid

My iPad now backs up without ending. Forced and eject after 4 hours. No moving status line just the black and white moving "barber pole".
If backup wont end I can't download new content so I have stopped buying stuff from the store.

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Loose360

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Apr 4, 2010 9:34 PM in response to jwooll350

backup way too long here too...2-3 hrs each time.
Using windows 7 and latest itunes

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Apr 4, 2010 10:45 PM in response to Loose360

Mine has been backing up for seven hours now-- only about 90% complete...

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Apr 5, 2010 3:47 AM in response to nabilshahid

Add me to the list of users experiencing extremely long/unending backups. I went to bed last night and the backup appeared to be about 95% done after a few hours. Hoping Apple will fix this soon.

(64gb iPad syning to 20 inch iMac)

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Apr 5, 2010 5:48 AM in response to Brian Pier

Add me to the list. Backup up takes at least an hour. Unpacked iPad, set it up and synced it on the first day with no problems. 2 days later my second sync and the backup is still running after 1 hour! I have almost zero information on it!

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JJJWicks

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Apr 5, 2010 8:56 AM in response to nabilshahid

Two questions? Does your USB port support 2.0 spec? Do you have iTunes set to encrypt backups? Encrypting backups takes longer, but even a 32GB encrypted backup on a USB 2.0 port should not take more than 30 minutes.

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Apr 5, 2010 12:21 PM in response to JJJWicks

USB does support 2.0 spec...syncing works fine and is fast.

iTunes is not set to encrypt backups

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Apr 5, 2010 4:25 PM in response to nabilshahid

My initial restore from my iPhone backup to my iPad took over an hour. I then added seven movies (~12GB) and synched the configuration changes I wanted on the iPad. That backup only took ~5 minutes on my 2.8GHz iMac with 4GB memory. I plugged directly into a USB jack on the back of the iMac.

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Apr 5, 2010 7:16 PM in response to nabilshahid

Same here. It's almost 12 hours (!!!) behind, but the 'Backing up "iPad"' progress indicator is around 90%. Crap! I DO NOT need to back up my iPad. Does anybody know how to disable this option in iTunes on Windows XP Professional?

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