Cannot Upgrade to ios 5 because of low disk space

Hi!
I can't upgrade to iOS 5 on my iPhone or iPad because of low disk space on my MacBook Pro.  I've got my iTunes Library on an external drive so I assumed that the backup of my iPad and iPhone would occur on that device.  Is there a way to modify the settings for the upgrade that will backup my iPad and iPhone to my external drive instead of my MacBook Pro so that I can install iOS 5?  My iPad has approximately 35 GB of items that need to be backed up and the solid state drive on my Mac Book Pro has only about 8 Gb left (out of my tiny 128 Gb drive).
Thanks for any assistance!

Thanks to info about OmniDiskSweeper on another thread, I was able to free up sufficient space on my Mac Book Pro to allow me to do the upgrade successfully for both my iPad 2 and my iPhone 3GS.  However, it would be nice if Apple offered an option to backup these devices to an external disk rather than a default location.

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