Saving information of all current apps on Mac I want to reset my (oldish) MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) by wiping the hard drive and re-installing OS X. Is there a way to save information on all the applications I have currently installed so as to make the re-establishing easier?
Seeing as you said you have Time Machine already set up then there is nothing you need to do. Go ahead and reinstall OS X and once you're finished restart and hold Command + R at the start up chime, there you will be given the option to restore from a Time Machine backup. OS X El Capitan: Recover your entire system