System Settings Backup

Is there a way to backup all my systems settings with Time Machine? How about for those non apple apps, is there a place where all system settings, application settings, and preferences are stored? Perhaps the Apple Migration wizard could help?

Generally, /Library contains stuff that applies to all users, and ~/Library (or /Users/XYZ/Library for user "XYZ") contains stuff that's specific to a single user. Different apps do different things, but a lot have both system-wide and user-specific settings/prefs. And of course the two Library subtrees contain a lot of stuff OTHER than settings and prefs, too. You shouldn't need to worry about what goes where, in general.
A restore should be just like anything else. For apps, just not having the app running when you restore something is probably enough, though a reboot isn't a bad idea either. For system stuff, a reboot might be better. Depending on the circumstances and details, you MIGHT want to do the restore from the Installation DVD, and run the restore from there. That's probably unnecessary for minor restores, but might be better for some; it's sort of like how you'd handle restoring from any other backup or clone.
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