How does iTunes make backups of my iPad

Making a backup of my iPad by iTunes on my MacBook Pro is taking a lot of space. How is this done? Where can I find (and delete) the temporary backup files? Nearly at the end iTunes says 'not enough space of your startup disk' and stops backupping. But when I stop iTunes the same (limited) space is visible? What to do?

Not that I'm aware of.  The device backup includes:
Photos and videos in the Camera Roll
Device settings (for example: Phone Favorites, Wallpaper, and Mail, Contacts, Calendar accounts)
App data
Home screen and app organization
Messages (iMessage, SMS, and MMS)
Ringtones
Visual Voicemails
Documents are not listed (although "App data" is a bit vague on this point).

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