HT201250 Restoring from TM - Need all programs reinstalled?

Hi - I need to restore my entire system from my TM backup.  I erased my hard drive to reinstall Snow Leopard.  Do I need to resinstall all my programs (i.e. Office, etc.) BEFORE doing a restore from TM in Disk Utility?
Thanks

ApplePie19 wrote:
it's now asking me if I want to tranfer my information from 1. another Mac, 2. another volume, 3. from a Time Machine... OK... do I press that button?  I suppose I will need to reinstall my programs after to access my files?
If, at this point, you select "from a Time Machine" then your old computer set up should be recreated on the new target. That would include all programs, user accounts, files, etc.
I have done this several times and have never had to re-install anything. You MIGHT need to re-enter an authorization code (e.g. for Microsoft Office, or an Adobe program) depending on whether you are restoring your system to a new hard drive or to the old hard drive. Sometimes when restoring to a new hard drive, the software recognizes that the disk is diffferent and thinks you're on a new computer that requires re-entering the code.
The last time I did this I didn't have to re-enter anything at all. Once I had to re-enter a MS-Office code previously.

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