How do I recover iLife programs after a hard drive crash?
My hard drive on my MacBook Pro recently crashed. The data was backed up on Carbonite, but the application programs were not. I had recently upgraded the iLife programs to iLife 2011, but it does not look like those programs are still there. Is there a way to re-install the iLife programs without re-purchasing them? I am also interested in doing the same thing for my Word and Excel programs, as I don't have the original discs anymore for those?
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