Transferring apps from my macbook pro to new macbook air

my old macbook pro froze. i bought a new macbook air and need to transfer my applications. How do I do that?

if the old mac still boots up normally you can use migration assistant, the following article tells how to do this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889
if the old mac won't boot up the only option in this article you can use would be target disk mode which requires a firewire to thunderbolt adapter.
either way this should get the data onto your mac

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