Will my time machine back ups still work with my "formatted" macbook pro?

[madiyel]

Hi,

I'm planning to format my mac book pro, as in, reinstalling leopard and erasing all the files and applications since my mac is getting really slow. I was wondering if the applications ( adobe photoshop, illustrator, final cut etc.) that i backed-up in my time machine will still work on a formatted mac.

Thank you for your time.

 

[Matthew Yohe]

Hi,

I'm planning to format my mac book pro, as in, reinstalling leopard and erasing all the files and applications since my mac is getting really slow. I was wondering if the applications ( adobe photoshop, illustrator, final cut etc.) that i backed-up in my time machine will still work on a formatted mac.

Thank you for your time.

If you restore from your Time Machine yes, but no you cannot just run them from a time machine backup and expect them to work.

 

[madiyel]

Thank you, so much. really appreciate it.