How to move apps from old mac to new mac?

Hi, probably a question you all heard before...
But how can I move my apps from my old mac to my new mac?
Thanks

Hi Dirrek, welcome to Discussions!
See this KB article about Target Disk Mode:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/8443.html
Although if it was me, I'd rather reinstall them from on my new Mac.
Depends on which software it is: for example some old versions are not supported anymore on Snow Leopard.

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