All iTunes purchases can be pulled back down from the store or just add them back into iTUnes.
On Nov 12, 2011, at 5:57 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > For nearly all of my apps, that's no problem. I guess I do the same with the > acapella voices and reenter the licence info? > What about my 2 pitiful Itunes purchases? Thanks! > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 5:48 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Preparing for clean lion install > > The best thing you could do is install all the apps from scratch. After all > if your going to go through all the trouble, you > might as well start with a truly fresh system. Otherwise, you will be copying > things by hand and you may not get everything > necessary. If nothing else, you will have learned from the experience and > that itself is worth the effort. > Good luck, > > On Nov 12, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > >> Good evening, all. I'm highly skeptical that this is going to do any >> good, but just because I want to say I've made the effort, I'm getting >> ready to do a clean install of lion. While I'm doing all my prep work: >> cloning to external drives to make sure I don't lose anything, I'm >> going to listen to Mike's podcast on Lion. I just wanted to write to >> the group, though, because I'm curious how I'll go about putting back >> apps. Can I restore them from the cloned drives, or do I have to >> actually reinstall things? More than anything else, I'm concerned about the >> Acapella voices I purchased to use with my mac, > but wouldn't mind tips about adium, skype and things of that nature. Also, > how do I back up my Itunes purchases. Granted, > I've only made two of them, but I don't want to lose them. What about Growl > and Yorufukuru? Will I just get those from the > app store again? >> I've got 2 external drives handy, so I'm backing up not only my >> current lion install, but also my perfect and up-to-date SL install. That >> way, if the clean install still isn't > satisfactory, I can put everything back the way it was. >> Any advice will be extremely appreciated. I just keep reminding myself >> that there's no way I can possibly render the mac entirely useless, >> but I don't want to lose any apps, especially not ones that cost money. So, >> if anyone has any instructions to share, I > would be extremely greatful. Also, once I use my CD, will lion be able to > update itself to 7.2? >> OK. Sorry for the rambling, disjointed message. I just am trying this to >> give Lion another chance to get into my good > graces. >> Thank you all very much for your time, and I hope that everyone is having a >> great day! >> Missy >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
