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Need to run IE on my Mac

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Secundinius

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Jul 1, 2009
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I don't want to run IE on my Mac, and frankly it's a scary thought, but I need IE to do my computer class tests.

Does anyone have any suggestions and/or know where to download it? Again, if it weren't for school, I wouldn't bother. The only system this test it programmed for is IE (why is just completely beyond me).
 
If you in college/university you may have access to free or deeply discounted copies of Windows, run it in coherence mode with Parallels and it will look like IE is running right there in OSX.
 
You should be a bit more clear. Are you on an Intel Mac? If so, you have far more options than PPC.

ies4osx allows you to run prepackaged instances of WINE configured only for IE6 and IE7 instances. Intel-only. It puts a nice little .app on your desktop which launches WINE and IE for you, it requires X11 to be installed, but beyond that, it's very straightforward.

Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac is the last shipping version of IE: Mac. It doesn't use Trident, which is the rendering engine used in Windows versions of IE, and it doesn't use WebKit, so it's pretty pointless to use. It's also PPC-only so it'd be run through Rosetta, and all the overhead that comes with that. This also doesn't support ActiveX, which is probably why you're being forced to use IE, so it's rather pointless.

You could run it from within a VMWare Fusion or Parallels instance. If you're on PPC, your only recourse is probably using Virtual PC.
 
I bought it in March of '08. Not on it at the moment, so I can't see if it's an intel or not, but i'm about 90% sure it is. I'm also about 90% sure I have X11, so I'll give that one a try. Thanks you for that help and I'll let you know how it goes.
 
It probably still wont work ...

The classes/tests usually rely on an ActiveX control, which is probably still Windows-only.
 
r.j.s said:
It probably still wont work ...

The classes/tests usually rely on an ActiveX control, which is probably still Windows-only.
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If it is truly and ActiveX issue, then there is really no way around it
You will have to find a way to run a Windows version of IE... and there are many options for this

However, if it is just checking for IE, you can go into Safari's preferences, add the Developer Tab and click on User Agent and select the version of Internet Explorer you want to mimic

Woof, Woof - Dawg
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You might also want to consider Crossover for Mac, and if that doesnt work VirtualBox is a good free VM.
 
I don't think it's an ActiveX issue. I believe it just has to do with the program being written to run on IE.

I tried using FireFox, but it said it will only work with IE 6 or 7.

Thanks for the tip Dawg. Will try as soon as I get home.
 
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