Internet Explorer for Mac

5.2 is the latest version of IE for Mac, and it was discotinued years ago.

Even if you could download it, most likely it won't work anyway, as the website you're looking to view probably uses ActiveX controls, that can only be used by IE for windows.

Try using Firefox.

Also consider Camino. It's the Firefox engine but Mac-only and doesn't have all the theme stuff. I find it a little faster than FF.

http://caminobrowser.org

You might try using Firefox and setting it to spook Explorer. However I expect that won't work. A lot of Explorer only websites are using .net which will absolutely require a real version of Explorer and Windows.

Notice that this will NOT give you activeX content or windows specific functionality, but if you are interested, you can actually install the windows version of IE 6 on your mac via darwine. http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/

Remember, it's buggy, but at least it may allow you to log on.

tamschu wrote:
I know I will catch a lot of flack for this one. BUT...one of the websites I use for my business only supports Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher.

Well, not your fault if you have to use that site and have no control of it.

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Preferably Firefox would be used. If the site says incorrect browser with Firefox, you could try installing the User Agent Switcher extension ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59). After installation, click Tools->User Agent Switcher->Internet Explorer 7. When you are done using the site, change this back to Default.

However, if that does not work, you could try using Internet Explorer under Parallels ($80, http://www.parallels.com/en/desktop/), VMware Fusion ($80, http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/), or VirtualBox (free, http://www.virtualbox.org). These are both virtualization products; a Windows license and installer CD/DVD (expensive) are required in addition to the cost of the virtualization program.

A cheaper option would be to use CrossOver ($40, http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac) which has an easy installer for Internet Explorer and works with many other Windows apps without requiring a Windows license.

If you really do not want to pay at all, you could use Darwine (free, http://www.kronenberg.org/darwine/) or a MacPorts version of WINE (free, http://www.macports.org) and run the Internet Explorer installer there, although this sometimes is error-prone and confusing.

There is actually a surprisingly easy way to run Internet Explorer for Windows on Mac (handy to have as an emergency backup for those appallingly coded websites that ONLY work in IE for Windows)...

IES4OSX
http://www.kronenberg.org/ies4osx/

It uses the Mac port of WINE as mentioned by a previous poster, but rather than you having to set it all up manually, which is rather confusing, it's all done for you.

Just make sure you follow the step-by-step instructions on the right hand side of the page linked above.

This product:

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

will let you run some Windoze programs including IE6 on an Intel Mac. I've tried the demo on my MBP and it works. I not visited many sites with it as I really dislike IE.

IES4OSX is free, though, whereas VMware / Parallels / Crossover are all commercial products.

err... never mind...(there isnt an option to delete posts?)