Backup documents, formatting and restoring OSx

Hello,
I own a macbook pro with Montain Lion and recently (even before the upgrade to Mountain Lion) most of the applications started to crash continuously. This happens for reliable applications like iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie and MainStage. For this reason I have decided to format my computer and re-installing the OS from scratch. Before to do that I need to backup my documents (iLife, FinalCut Pro, MainStage, etc). Where do I find the documents? For example where do I find all the iPhoto projects including calendars, slideshows? I have also backup from TimeMachine but I am afraid that if I will use it, it will restore also the messy files that are now the reason of the software crashes.
Hope you can help me
Thanks

You can do this from the Leopard installation DVD. Boot off of it and when you select your language you can then restore from a Time Machine backup. In the "Utilities" menu you should have an option there to restore from the Time Machine backup, and after selecting the source drive it will copy the most recent backup to your hard drive and reboot. Should be seamless and easy.

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Screen Size
13.3 inches
Screen Resolution
1280x800
Max Screen Resolution
1280x800 pixels
Processor
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
RAM
4 GB DDR3
Hard Drive
500 GB HDD 5400 rpm
Graphics Coprocessor
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Chipset Brand
Intel
Card Description
Intel HD 4000
Graphics Card Ram Size
128 MB
Wireless Type
802.11 a/b/g/n
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2
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Apple
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MacBook Pro
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MD101LL/A
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Mac
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4.5 pounds
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Silver
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Intel
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DDR3 SDRAM
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Serial ATA
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5400 RPM
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DVD+R DL
Audio-out Ports (#)
1
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DC
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2015-04-23 21:12:00, Info [0x000000] LOADSTATE.EXE Version 6.2.9200.16384[gle=0x000000b7]
2015-04-23 21:12:00, Info [0x000000] USMT Started at 2015/04/23:21:12:00.266
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2015-04-23 21:12:00, Info [0x000000] USMT Completed at 2015/04/23:21:12:00.266[gle=0x00000002]
2015-04-23 21:12:00, Info [0x000000] ----------------------------------- USMT ERROR SUMMARY -----------------------------------[gle=0x00000002]
2015-04-23 21:12:00, Info [0x000000] * USMT error code 27: [gle=0x00000002]
2015-04-23 21:12:00, Info [0x000000] +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[gle=0x00000002]
2015-04-23 21:12:00, Info [0x000000] | An error occurred processing the command line.[gle=0x00000002]
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2015-04-23 21:12:00, Info [0x000000] +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[gle=0x00000002]
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+}+
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media recovery complete, elapsed time: 00:00:04
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RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
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RMAN-03004: fatal error during execution of command
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SQL> alter database open resetlogs upgrade;
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