Internet Explorer 5.2.3 and OS 10.5.8

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Internet Explorer 5.2.3 and OS 10.5.8

Does Internet Explorer 5.2.3 for Mac work with OS 10.5.8? My Explorer will not launch. I understand IE is no longer supported but does it work? How do I get mine to open? I get a spinning beach ball.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Oct 15, 2009 7:42 PM

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Kappy

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Oct 15, 2009 8:27 PM in response to Namm

No. It's not even available any longer.

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Namm Author

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Oct 15, 2009 9:10 PM in response to Kappy

I can still download Explorer but it doesn't open on the iMac running 10.5.8. Explorer does work with my older Mac PowerBook G4 laptop running 10.4

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Henry G4

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Oct 15, 2009 9:15 PM in response to Namm

Hi.

In my case, IE 5.2.3 does work under 10.5.8, but it's so slow and clunky (it can't display correctly many of the webpages), that I can't imagine why anyone would be interested in using it these days...

If your machine is Intel based, make sure IE is set to run under Rosetta (in the Get Info window).

Good Luck.

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Kappy

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Oct 16, 2009 10:39 AM in response to Henry G4

IE does not require being configured to use Rosetta because it is a PPC-only application and will only run in Rosetta on an Intel Mac - if it runs at all. It is not compatible with Leopard, Tiger, or Panther.

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Kappy

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Oct 16, 2009 10:40 AM in response to Namm

Then you will need to revert to using Panther or Tiger assuming IE will even run properly since it is not compatible with either.

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a brody

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Oct 16, 2009 10:56 AM in response to Namm

I have managed to get Internet Explorer 5.2.3 running on my Intel Core2Duo iMac with 10.5.8, and even 10.6.0. It may be that I had to delete old cookies and cache in the past that allowed me to run it. It is available for download, though not supported by:

http://mac.majorgeeks.com/download4560.html

If you install X11 from your Mac OS X 10.5 installer discs, you can run a Wine Version of Explorer:

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

There may be other browsers that can spoof websites into thinking you are running Explorer for the Mac*:

http://www.macmaps.com/browser.html

- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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