How can I run Internet Explorer on my Mac?

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How can I run Internet Explorer on my Mac?

I have to use Internet Explorer for work and it won't seem to work on my Mac. Can someone teach me how to run IE on Mac OS? Thanks in advance!

macbook air 3.1, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Apr 13, 2011 4:22 AM

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Barney-15E

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Apr 13, 2011 4:25 AM in response to liz07

Microsoft stopped supporting IE on the Mac.
The only way to run it is in Windows either with BootCamp or one of the virtualization packages like VMWare Fusion, Parallels Desktop, VirtualBox (free), or Crossover.

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Apr 13, 2011 4:25 AM in response to liz07

Hello liz:

Microsoft stopped supporting IE for the Mac at the end of 2005.

I suggest you use an alternate browser (if Safari is not acceptable). I use Firefox from Mozilla myself.

Barry

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liz07 Author

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Apr 13, 2011 5:18 AM in response to liz07

thank you so much for your help! 🙂

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doh1231

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Apr 13, 2011 8:11 AM in response to liz07

The best way to run any version of IE is to run it in Windows on a virtual machine like VirtualBox... it will be fully compatible since your actually running Windows.

You can also take a program like Wineskin (free) or Crossover (not free), and use it to run IE6 or IE7, but IE 8 and 9 won't run yet, and even 6 and 7 have a few minor issues here and there.

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