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Some advice for a complete newb
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<blockquote data-quote="6string" data-source="post: 990111" data-attributes="member: 120039"><p>It depends on the applications!</p><p>Some applications are just simply drag and drop applications, and some have installer packages, and some require serial numbers.</p><p>The put it simply, any apps that come on installation discs, you will need to install from them, and those that you downloaded from sites that were just drag and drop and don't come with uninstallers you can generally just drag and drop from external to internal drive, and vise versa.</p><p>If you have plenty of time on your hands, you can search your HD for items connected to applications and drag and drop them all, but you will find that this is quite tedious, and you will end up with apps that don't work properly, before trial and error finally works for you.</p><p>As for your second question, you can just drag and drop them (rather than copy and paste).</p><p>The easiest backup option is to use time machine, or to use CCC or Superduper to make bootable clones of your HD which you can also use to keep upto date backups.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="6string, post: 990111, member: 120039"] It depends on the applications! Some applications are just simply drag and drop applications, and some have installer packages, and some require serial numbers. The put it simply, any apps that come on installation discs, you will need to install from them, and those that you downloaded from sites that were just drag and drop and don't come with uninstallers you can generally just drag and drop from external to internal drive, and vise versa. If you have plenty of time on your hands, you can search your HD for items connected to applications and drag and drop them all, but you will find that this is quite tedious, and you will end up with apps that don't work properly, before trial and error finally works for you. As for your second question, you can just drag and drop them (rather than copy and paste). The easiest backup option is to use time machine, or to use CCC or Superduper to make bootable clones of your HD which you can also use to keep upto date backups. [/QUOTE]
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