Can I backup app files or .dmgs from HD to reinstall apps after a clean install?

late 2010 macbook pro. 4gb ram, 500gb HD. Currently running Mavericks.
I'm about to perform a clean install of OS Yosemite from a USB flash drive. I've not done this before, so I'm hoping it'll make things run nice and fast again. I have a time machine backup if anything goes wrong - backed up on a device in the mainland UK (I'm currently on a 2 week break with family in Ireland, so don't have access to it).
I have a lot of software on the mbp currently, some of which I'd like to reinstall straight afterwards. Logic Pro 9 and some other production applications. Again, all of my original install CD's are back in england - I don't have access to them currently. I can access serial numbers from screen grabbing my app load screens and emailing them to myself.
TL;DR:
Is there any way I can copy various files or .dmg from the package contents (displaying hidden files using terminal) to be able to reinstall some applications straight after the clean install?
I'd really like to be able to make some music on a faster system while I'm off work!
Do point me in the direction of some further advice.
Thanks,
Jack

Connect an external HDD to your MBP that is formatted to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) (You may have to use Disk Utility>Erase to format the external HDD)
Open Disk Utility>Restore and the Internal HDD will be the Source and the external HDD will be the Destination:  See this example from my MBP:
Then click on the restore button.  Depending upon the amount of data, this may take several hours to complete.
(Note:  My internal HDD (gray) is called BARBAROSSA and my external HDD (Yellow) is called MAVERICKS.
jackmcdonnell91 wrote:
Also; will the be any cross compatibility issues, given that I might be taking Mavericks-compatible Logic across to Yosemite?
There may be some applications that may not be compatible with Yosemite, but that will be very unlikely.  You find out if they appear with a STOP symbol when you transfer them.  If that happens, you will have to go to the developers web site and see if there is a newer version or drivers available that will make it compatible with Yosemite.
Ciao.

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