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copy os x applications?

i had to reinstall os x on a new hard drive due to bad sectors. i was able to copy all the applications to a folder on a network drive. once i get the new drive installed and os x reinstalled, will i be able just to copy the applications back from the network drive to the applications folder?

i dont have the cd's for alot of the apps. any advice is appreciated!

Sideas

You'll get lucky with some and not with others. Many Apps store files in the application support folder in library, some will have hidden file they need to run.

It's a shame you've already wiped he drive as you could have used an application like superduper to replicate the drive and find the missing bits.

Anyway, as you haven't you can do as you say and copy the Apps back and open them, some i think will run other will just not work.

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phrea84

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thanks for th input.

as im not a mac guru, i wasnt aware of super duper, but i was able to pretty much copy 95% of the whole drive, including the library folder and the users folder. ill try to copy them back.

if i replace the library folder and th applications, this should make even more apps run, right?

Eoin OSullivan

YEs.. like I said .. it will be OK .. if it is the identical version of OSX, you usernames are the same ... and I'd always recommend runing Disk Utility Repair Permissions after copying stuff across.

phrea84

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ok

all done. i can say 95% of everything works. unfortunately, i did have cs2 and office installed, which neither worked. i was able to get a copy of office and reinstall, but no luck with adobe and the cd's are lost during a move.

i copied library and user library and everything i could think of. the files are there, but when i launch indesign or photoshop it load then closes.

any ideas other than dropping another 1k on cs3? :(