07-15-2008, 06:20 AM

Everytime I sync my iPhone it does a backup. I don't know where it backs up to but my time machine was working part of the back up.

Anyone having the same problem, it wouldn't be a big problem if it didnt take 30 mins to back up!!

Thanks

07-15-2008, 10:36 AM

Mine backs up too, but 30 minutes? Are you using USB 1.1 or something?

07-15-2008, 11:41 AM

It's the Applications that are taking long to back up. The more apps, the longer your backup time will be.

If you have to do a restore sometime, the restore will restore all of your apps as well as the usual restore items.

07-15-2008, 12:03 PM

yea mine takes 3-5 minutes at most. 30 minutes is very long.

07-15-2008, 01:52 PM

OK I tried deleting some of my apps. I know have 14 apps added. I dont think thats really alot. The backup was 14 minutes this time. Quicker but I still think its too long. Does it also back up music? If so I cant understand why as I already have the music on my macbook.

iTunes seems slower than usual as soon as I plug my iPhone in, lots more swirling balls than usual. Anyone else?

And I'm using USB 2.0 on a Macbook 2.16GHZ

07-16-2008, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by alhambra81

OK I tried deleting some of my apps. I know have 14 apps added. I dont think thats really alot. The backup was 14 minutes this time. Quicker but I still think its too long. Does it also back up music? If so I cant understand why as I already have the music on my macbook.

iTunes seems slower than usual as soon as I plug my iPhone in, lots more swirling balls than usual. Anyone else?

And I'm using USB 2.0 on a Macbook 2.16GHZ

I have now switched off all of the auto syncing and manage it manually - the backing up was taking 20 minutes a time.

But itunes is still much slower with the iphone connected.

I made the mistake of renaming a track I had already added to the phone- 1 track - it took over 5 minutes, during which time i got nothing but the beach ball of death.

This is on a 1.9 G5, 2.5gig ram which works perfectly with my ipod without any of the lag the iphone seems to give it. (10.5.4 and 7.7)

07-18-2008, 09:10 AM

I tend to skip the backup stage most of the time, simply by clicking on the X in the Backup Window. It then proceeds to the syncing process.

07-18-2008, 04:16 PM

i have the same problem with it taking forever to sync due to the backup (it took about 20 mins)
i don't really understand why having more apps would mean it takes longer to backup... aren't the apps saved on the computer's hard drive (it would seem to me that any syncing/backup would just involve settings within those programs)

07-18-2008, 04:37 PM

I wish the backups were regulated manually. I have about 20 apps and it takes a good 3-5 minutes to backup each time I sync.

07-18-2008, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by greggles

I tend to skip the backup stage most of the time, simply by clicking on the X in the Backup Window. It then proceeds to the syncing process.

This is exactly what I do. Works great.

08-05-2008, 06:44 AM

This is a great work a round. Back up seems faster when you do it manually and syncing now takes seconds instead of 30 mins.

http://www.zerologic.com/site/page/p...nes_7_7_1.html

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08-05-2008, 11:14 AM

Iv noticed that since I applied the new software last night, the backups no longer take an eternity.