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Old December 26th, 2008, 01:27 PM
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Getting original software back, after leopard install

Hi,
I purchased, and installed os X 10.5.4 for someone, on their ibook G4. They specifically wanted the HDD wiped, and started from scratch. (I do however have a backup of the old system using superduper).

Originally the laptop ran Panther, and it came with MS Office 2004, and Photoshop Elements.

The only CDs they had were 2 grey system restore CDs, so I ran those, and installed some of the old software, like GarageBand etc.

The problem is, I also need to get back Office 2004 and Photoshop Elements, but these obviously did not come on those 2 grey CDs.

Does anyone know if the owner should have received seperate Office/Photoshop CDs when they bought the laptop? They obviously paid for the license, since the software came with the laptop.

Any idea what I can do to get these reinstalled? Is there any chance the install image is stored somewhere within the files I backed up with superduper? Or that I can simply copy the file(s) from the "applications" folder?

I'm not a regular mac user, so I don't know how easy (or possible) it is to just copy an application to the new system... I know it'd be next to impossible to 'copy' office to a new PC running Windows, due to all the registry settings, but I'm assuming a Mac doesn't use a "registry".

Thanks for any help.
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Old December 26th, 2008, 02:50 PM
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Well: It did _not_ come with Office and Photoshop Elements originally. Those were installed by a user after the purchase. It might have had a demo version of Office installed, though. Apple did that for a while.

Office can simply be copied over, although the license key may not be preserved. Photoshop Elements, I dunno about, but both apps were never included as full versions on Apple's original installation disks, and those include everything that's installed on the computers when being sold.
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