Running IE 7 on a MAC

alottodo

Hi,

Does anyone have any idea how to run Internet Explorer 7 on a Mac?

Thanks in advance!!

kaizersoze1980

alottodo wrote: »

Hi,

Does anyone have any idea how to run Internet Explorer 7 on a Mac?

Thanks in advance!!

Install VMware

alottodo

Thanks, Is this easy to do as I'm not the most technical person in the world

Breezer

It's very easy to do but requires you to pay $80 for VMWare Fusion and whatever Windows licences are going for these days, to install a full copy of Windows and then run IE7 from there. An alternative method, if you are running OSX 10.5 Leopard, is install Windows via Boot Camp. This cuts out the $80 to VMWare but you will need to restart your computer every time you want to run IE, and it still requires a genuine copy of Windows.

A cheaper way that doesn't require Windows per se is to install Darwine (a precompiled version is available here, and to run an app called ies4osx, available from that same site. I haven't tested this out myself, so I can't vouch for how well it works, however I have run a similar program on Linux and it worked fine.

Bear in mind that the above method still legally requires a valid Windows licence.

Out of interest, why do you want to do this? Is it for testing websites or something similar? Otherwise, there really is no need to run IE on a Mac, Safari and Firefox/Camino do a great job between them (in fact I find Safari on its own will do 99% of the time).

oscarBravo

Moved from Open Source.

alottodo

Breezer wrote: »

It's very easy to do but requires you to pay $80 for VMWare Fusion and whatever Windows licences are going for these days, to install a full copy of Windows and then run IE7 from there. An alternative method, if you are running OSX 10.5 Leopard, is install Windows via Boot Camp. This cuts out the $80 to VMWare but you will need to restart your computer every time you want to run IE, and it still requires a genuine copy of Windows.

A cheaper way that doesn't require Windows per se is to install Darwine (a precompiled version is available here, and to run an app called ies4osx, available from that same site. I haven't tested this out myself, so I can't vouch for how well it works, however I have run a similar program on Linux and it worked fine.

Bear in mind that the above method still legally requires a valid Windows licence.

Out of interest, why do you want to do this? Is it for testing websites or something similar? Otherwise, there really is no need to run IE on a Mac, Safari and Firefox/Camino do a great job between them (in fact I find Safari on its own will do 99% of the time).

I'm actually working in recruitment and I work off a Mac (I recruit for the creative sector) and the online database we use will only run on IE 5.5 and above.

Thanks for your help, I will give it a go!!

uncle_sam_ie

I think with Opera there is feature were you can make it look like your running IE. It's free anyway. http://www.opera.com/

Breezer

alottodo wrote: »

I'm actually working in recruitment and I work off a Mac (I recruit for the creative sector) and the online database we use will only run on IE 5.5 and above.

Thanks for your help, I will give it a go!!

Fair enough, you'd be amazed at the amount of people who switch to Mac and then panic because they can't see a 'Blue e' anywhere. Best of luck, any problems post back here and we'll see what we can do.

Oh bear in mind that you won't get the IE 7 GUI with that technique, just the back end. It will look like IE 5 or something but it'll render pages like IE 7. Also, if you're running Tiger you'll need to install X11 from your install CD. Leopard should be able to do it out of the box I think.

Shane O' Malley

uncle_sam_ie wrote: »

I think with Opera there is feature were you can make it look like your running IE. It's free anyway. http://www.opera.com/

That feature in Opera (Also in Firefox) only works if the IE engine is already installed.

WizZard

The best solution is to fix the broken online database application IMHO

Failing that VMWare Fusion/Parallels is your best bet (cost involved though)

Shane O' Malley

You should try Firefox and Opera to see if they might actually work.

Shane

Shane O' Malley

You could also try a trial of vmware and xp and see if it suits you.

Both will run fine for 30 days.

SouperComputer

you could install BOCHS which is an open source virtual machine, doesnt quite have the integration of paralells or fusion, but its free.

I second what Wizzard said tho. The problem is with the pages, not the browsers.

Dorsanty

Shane O' Malley wrote: »

That feature in Opera (Also in Firefox) only works if the IE engine is already installed.

I think it was a reference to user-agent switching and not rendering engine. Where by your browser says it's IE on WinXP when you really Opera or Firefox on a Mac or Linux etc.

It's a call my bluff technique.


Addon for Firefox, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59
Opera's is built in and the howto access the feature is here, http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/change-ua.html

Shane O' Malley

Dorsanty wrote: »

I think it was a reference to user-agent switching and not rendering engine. Where by your browser says it's IE on WinXP when you really Opera or Firefox on a Mac or Linux etc.

It's a call my bluff technique.


Addon for Firefox, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59
Opera's is built in and the howto access the feature is here, http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/change-ua.html

You are quite right. Did not read the release notes carefully enough.

Well worth checking if this works for your App.

Thanks Dorsanty

Type 17

Another method is to use Crossover, which allows you to run (some) Windows apps in Mac OS X, but with only a €60 cost instead of a cost for VMWare/Parallels as well as the cost of a Windows licence.

I've had problems running some software, (eg: Navman SatNav admin software loads and runs, but MS Activesync can't seem to see the SatNav device through USB :rolleyes: ), but for IE6 or 7, it works perfectly, which is actually why we bought it - the BoI Business Banking site only runs on IE for Windows.

http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/