New iTunes update 10.6 consumed hard drive space

Greetings,
I recently upgraded my iTunes to version 10.6. I then synced my 2 iPads (a 16 gig model and a 64 gig model). The 16 gig model took a long time to sync (about 2 hours), but I thought that might be due to it being about 85% full. The 64 gig model sync'd in about 40 minutes. After syncing I noticed that a lot of my free hard drive space had been consumed, I had less than a gig left. I seem to remember having around 20 to 30 gig before the upgrade.
My iTunes libraries are located on an external drive.
What happend to my hard drive space? Are the iPad backups taking up additional space. Where are the iPad backups stored? How can I purge them.
Any suggestions?
Thank you,
Tim Kern

Hi Julian,
Thanks. You are correct I am a Mac (Snow Leopard) user. I'll follow the path and see if there are any bloated files.
Tahnk you,
Tim

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