Back up sync ipad

How long should back up sync for the ipad take mine has been doing it for hours??
Also it appears to of lost itunes & applications!
Please help!!!

It may depend on what the applications are. This post, http://discussions.apple.com/messageview.jspa?messageID=12631119&stqc=true, explains one of the possibilities (app storing its temporary cache in the wrong place so that unnecessary files get backed up), whilst another one is this http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12623672&#12623672 (app consisting of many individual files instead of one).

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juliefrombaton rouge wrote:
when I try to back up my iPad to the computer it gives me a message saying it can't sync and there is not enough room in iTunes library.
Pretty sure it doesn’t say there is not enough room in iTunes library because it is not backed up to the iTunes library.
What is the exact message?

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