How to test IE on Mac?

[Gary King]

How do I test my website in IE on a Mac? What options do I have? Only Virtual PC? (Which is rather expensive to simply test IE.)

 

[Eraserhead]

You can test with Mac Internet Explorer too, however it uses a different rendering agent to Windows IE so it displays pages differently. There are cheaper emulators available like iEmulator for $23.95 or Guest PC for $69.99

these aren't as quick as Virtual PC but for web testing that isn't an issue, you'll also need a copy of windows to install on these emulators, Windows 98 or Windows 2000 (best) are better than XP as it will run pretty damn slow.

You can also download Q for Mac OS X which is free but harder to use.

You will also need to "aquire" a copy of windows too though.

 

[Applespider]

The same way as those building sites on PCs check for Safari...

1. You don't or
2. You have a cheap test system that can

Once you've got the main structure of a site in place, it's less urgent to test the content fill so perhaps borrow a PC for that phase.

 

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[cairo]

Not sure if you have access to a Windows terminal server but thats how I test for IE...

 

[cairo]

Even a XP machine which you can RDP into would work ...

 

[ipacmm]

I would just buy a really cheap window pc, you can get some really good deals on them which I think is always better then Virtual PC or any other emulators.

 

[kretzy]

Couldn't you test it using IE for Mac? I know it's no longer available, but you can still find copies of it floating around on the net. I don't know whether it's up to date enough to be useful to you though.

 

[WildCowboy]

Couldn't you test it using IE for Mac? I know it's no longer available, but you can still find copies of it floating around on the net. I don't know whether it's up to date enough to be useful to you though.

See post #2 in this thread.

 

[kretzy]

See post #2 in this thread.

Oops, I think my powers of observation have failed me (either that or it has something to do with the fact that it's 2.30 am).