I HAVE to have IE to make my s/w work..HELP!

[Spute]

Is there an app that replicates IE on my mac? My company s/w was written only for IE and thus will only work on IE. I have a mac running VMWare exclusively to solve my issue. But I want more Macs in the office and don't want to spend the extra $ for Vmware.

Any ideas of what is available for me?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Is that "software" using ActiveX?

http://osxdaily.com/2010/04/20/run-internet-explorer-on-your-mac/ via "ie for mac os x"

 

[Spute]

Is that "software" using ActiveX?

http://osxdaily.com/2010/04/20/run-internet-explorer-on-your-mac/ via "ie for mac os x"

I don't know. How do I find out?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

I don't know. How do I find out?

You could ask the programmer, if s/he is in-house.
I am not really versed in IE speak. Have you taken a look at the link?

 

[munkery]

1 Download WineBottler from http://winebottler.kronenberg.org/

2 Open disk image and copy Wine and WineBottler to Applications Folder

3 Run WineBottler.

4 Click on 'Install Predefined Prefixes'.

5 Choose Internet Explorer (IE6 is the most stable) from the menu.

6 Click Install and select a location to save Internet Explorer application (Applications Folder recommended).

7 Prepare a hot cup of mocha and wait for WineBottler to do the magic.

8 Once done, click on Internet Explorer application icon and voila, we have Internet Explorer on Mac!

9 Thank the creators of this wonderful app, WineBottler at http://kronenberg.org/

 

[MacTech68]

As noted, if it requires ActiveX you're out of luck.

But, you may want to investigate adding a "UserAgent" switcher/faker to your browser.

For Firefox, I use "User Agent Switcher"

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/

For Safari, use the "Develop" Menu to select different UserAgents:

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/5.0/en/ibr1185.html

 

[munkery]

As noted, if it requires ActiveX you're out of luck.

Does IE running via WineBottler support ActiveX?

I think it is able to support ActiveX with a few extra installations via Wine Tricks.

 

[MacTech68]

Does IE running via WineBottler support ActiveX?

I think it is able to support ActiveX with a few extra installations via Wine Tricks.

Now that's a scary thought. If it does, what are the security implications?

 

[munkery]

Now that's a scary thought. If it does, what are the security implications?

Wineskin, which is similar to WineBottler, allows the apps to be sandboxed via Wine Tricks so I suspect that same can be done in WineBottler.

Wineskin could most likely be used to run IE in OS X as well.

Beyond the sandboxing, other barriers exist to malware as well. For example, the protections already present within OS X and the Wine based APIs not being exactly the same as Windows.