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How to view Internet Explorer only pages using a Mac?

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ZeRea

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Nov 30, 2008
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Hi

I just bought a Mac, and my browsers are Safari and the Mac version of Firefox. There are some Internet pages that do not display properly on my Mac, how do I make it show up correctly?
 
DO NOT DOWNLOAD INTERNET EXPLORER!

Microsoft is no longer developing it. It sucks and is very old.

Download Safari 4 Developer Preview, from connect.apple.com. Sign up for an account (it's free, select the online membership) and log in, go click the downloads link and on the right side, there's a link that says Safari. Download the appropriate package, and install it. Now go to Safari > Preferences and then the advanced tab. Check the show develop menu. Go to Develop > User Agent > Internet Explorer 7. You can try IE 6 or 5 or whatever, but 7 is the latest.
 
Hi

Thanks for the advice. But I registered and downloaded it, then it said it would install 99.5 MB, and I continued with the installation and then restarted. But now, I can't seem o find the new Safari 4, and my old Safari version is in the dock. What should I do?
 
Tallest Skil said:
Download Internet Explorer or go into the Developer menu of Safari and change the User Agent to Internet Explorer.
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This may solve the OP's problem, but not necessarily. There are certain websites out there that require Internet Explorer, not just any web browser with the user agent set to IE. For years, this was a personal issue for me because my firm's website was one of those websites for which changing the user agent was not enough. Eventually, it was fixed, but not before I grew a few more gray hairs.
 
ZeRea said:
Hi

Thanks for the advice. But I registered and downloaded it, then it said it would install 99.5 MB, and I continued with the installation and then restarted. But now, I can't seem o find the new Safari 4, and my old Safari version is in the dock. What should I do?
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Once it installs, you no longer have Safari 3. Safari 4 is in your dock.
 
So I tired to go under develop and set safari to IE 8 but the website my company uses still doesn't show.

I guess maybe it is just one of those sites that ONLY works on windows?


It's a shame, I finally got Outlook 2011 and Lync working with my work credentials, but all my work revolves around this site and I can't access it from my brand new Mac Mini.... which means I barely ever get to use this baby :(
 
You could buy a copy of Parallels and install Windows 7. I use this setup for testing in IE. If you run in coherence mode you'll get a browser window, just like any normal mac app, you can even skin it to make it blend in with OS X a bit.
 
m00min said:
You could buy a copy of Parallels and install Windows 7. I use this setup for testing in IE. If you run in coherence mode you'll get a browser window, just like any normal mac app, you can even skin it to make it blend in with OS X a bit.
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hmmm, maybe ill give this a try and see how it works
 
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