Transferring programs to new Snow Leopard

[MacGeek03]

I had a quick question which I hope someone could help me answer. I have iWork and Aperture on Leopard, but I have lost BOTH install CD's. Is there a way I can drag and drop the programs from my dock to a cd or external drive??I want to do a CLEAN install when 'sSnow Leopard comes out and want to be able to transfer just those programs. What are my options???

 

[jmann]

Restore from a time machine backup?

 

[uaecasher]

Restore from a time machine backup?

Or just install Snow leopard as update nothing will be gone

 

[ahaley1986]

im guessing most programs can be restore via time machine. my only question is what happens to programs that I have installed product keys on?? When I restore it from TM, do the library files that contain this information get restored or is there a fairly simple to do it manually.

 

[amok-san]

Your solution would be the "Migration Assistent", which should launch after a clean install, or otherwise just open it from the utillities menu. It allows you to migrate all your apps and preferences to the new system. From a Time Machine backup or the like that is.

 

[ahaley1986]

so by doing the migration assistant i shouldnt have to reregister any programs? that is unless they arent compatible with SL😱