Backing up iPad sticking

I've just plugged my iPad into my Mac and as usual I get the Backing up [user's] iPad... message, but the progress bar just sticks. barely 2% along.
Any ideas?

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The following Knowledge Base article offers some great recommendations for the issue you're describing:
iOS: If you can't back up or restore from a backup in iTunes
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alansky1 wrote:
One can obviously back up iPad files away from home by uploading them to a server in the clouds
Some aspects yes via MobileMe such as contacts, mail etc which should already be in the Cloud or on another remote server somewhere.
but it appears that there is no way to back up iPad files locally when not connected to a computer.
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