Removing CS3 bridge, keeping CS4 Bridge...

I am cleaning out previous version of CS3 suite from a mac. However I've had some issues that I wondered if anyone has a solution to.
When running CS3 Bridge, images there are not in CS4 Bridge. There is no export feature I know of (is there?). How do I get everything that is in CS3 Bridge to CS4 to show up before I delete CS3 apps ?  (this macbook pro I am using was loaded from CS2 days up to CS4...I have inherited it at work and need to make room but still keep images intact, plus I never used Bridge before so any noob help is appreciated)

Bridge only creates preview thumbs for its own cache library and not the
original files, they keep untouched in the same folders as you have them now
on your system.
You can safely uninstall CS3 without losing images. However you will need to
cache the images again when opening CS4 but that is only taking some time.
You will need to recreate new workspaces for PS and Bridge and also set the
preferences again to your wishes but that is only once. Keep in mind that
actions and brushes that you have created or loaded on your CS3 app don't
copy automatically. Best you save them from PS CS3 first in a folder you can
easily access and in CS4 load them again from that folder.
For exact location for prefs in CS3 and CS4 see those knowledge base
articles:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/401/kb401600.html
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405012.html
When running CS3 Bridge, images there are not in CS4 Bridge. There is no
export feature I know of (is there?). How do I get everything that is in CS3
Bridge to CS4 to show up before I delete CS3 apps ?  (this macbook pro I am
using was loaded from CS2 days up to CS4...I have inherited it at work and
need to make room but still keep images intact, plus I never used Bridge
before so any noob help is appreciated)

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