iTunes backup hangs

After I upgraded to iPod Touch 3.0 my first sync resulted in a backup that appeared to hang after more than an hour.

I searched for some suggetsions about this, but most of them appeared a bit desperate (such as removing all apps from your iPod and trying again).

As the whole OS just got upgraded, I would expect that the first backup would take longer (making assumptions here about how it actually backs up) so just trying again, assuming most of it got backed up before the hang, may work for you.

Note that if you are in a hurry and want to sync and move on, you can just hit the X to the right of the backup status window to stop the backup.

After I aborted the first long running backup, I just synced my iPod and then did a manual backup. (right click on your iPod in iTunes devices list and select Back Up.

Your mileage may vary, but I'd suggest you try this and be a little patient for the first few times before you go deleting all you apps (and have to download them all again).