UPDATE – November 9, 2012 There is a script that automates this process now. This tutorial is no longer needed. Check out the installation instructions here: Objective: Get IE 6, 7 and 8 working on a Mac with the following criteria: • It must be FREE! • It must open fast, just like any other program • It must render webpages in full IE fashion with all its lovely problems. • It must run like it would on a windows machine. • It must run faster than all the other solutions out there. • The installation process must be somewhat easy.

Send to Kindle will also appear when you control-click on a file from Finder or in the print dialog of any Mac application. You can download archived personal documents Learn more about Kindle Personal Document Service here. System Requirements. A Mac with a 500 MHz Intel processor or faster. Buffet for mac.

(Maybe not the easiest to install, but well worth every second of install time) Solutions: Ranked best to worst my opinion of course. • VirtualBox w/ 3 MS vhd’s – We will cover this solution in this tutorial. • 3 Virtual Machines running on VMware – Slow, expensive, takes up lots of HD space. • IE-Tester on VMware Windows machine – Slow, glitchy, expensive.

• Bootcamp running in VMware – Slow, expensive, only one IE at a time. • Bootcamp (reboot) – Really really slow, expensive, only one IE at a time. • Winebottler – Really slow browsing.

Slow opening and lots of bugs. • Browsershots – Kinda slow. Not interactive. Tutorial Things you’ll need: You will need the following files to complete this tutorial. All of them are FREE! I will show you how to download them in the screencast, I just included the links for your convenience.

VirtualBox w/ 3 MS vhd’s – We will cover this solution in this tutorial. IE-Tester on VMware Windows machine – Slow, glitchy, expensive. Bootcamp running in VMware – Slow, expensive, only one IE at a time.

• VirtualBox – – Used VirtualBox 4.0.2 for OS X • Zipeg – – Used Zipeg 2.9.2 – I tried to use Stuffit Extractor, it didn’t work but zipeg did! • WinXP vhd’s – – Used version 4.2, Date published 1/26/2011. I used the last three files. XPSP3-IE6.EXE, XPSP3-IE7.EXE & XPSP3-IE8.EXE • pcntpci5.sys – – pcntpci5.sys is needed to get the network card working. Video Tutorial Video Breakdown Click on the plus sign for more details about a part in the video. Let me know if a part is confusing and I will elaborate in these little boxes.

Right now, they are pretty empty. 00:00 – Introduction 00:17 – Final Product 00:51 – Things You’ll Need.

Save the machine state when you shut down the computer. When you open it next time, it will start on the window you had open. You also won’t have to wait for the long Windows Bootup process. [/box_successful] [box_info] Update – Feb. 22, 2011 Connect to MAMP server running on your Mac from VirtualBox IE In order to test a website you host on your mac you will need to follow these steps: • • • Start your virtual machine • Open IE • Enter the following into the address bar: • Example: Mine was • Be sure to enter and the port • If you have any problems with it, restart your MAMP server. If using Codeigniter, remember to update the config file’s base_url from localhost to YOUR-LOCAL-IP The following tutorial shows how to set a windows host file to redirect a domain to your local ip. I would like to redirect localhost to my local ip but couldn’t figure it out, let me know if anyone else figures it out.