Test IE on your Intel Mac

Submitted by RetroGraffica on Fri, 2008-01-11 13:41.

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I've noticed a lot of people talking about having extra PC's to test their sites in IE, and I know you could use Parallels etc, but who wants to keep restarting or jumping over to another computer when you're fiddling with css files?. I found this after a bit of searching because the PC laptop I used for testing died for the 3rd time and was beyong resuscitating.

Q Switcher lets you run any other operating system on your Intel Mac (I'm actually running Windows 98!) and switch between them without restarting. You've no idea how much easier this has made my testing life.

Hope this is of use.

Another good one if you're doing this is smcFanControl which lets you set your minimum fan speed a little higher and keep the temperature of your Mac down, especially useful for MacBook Pros - mine currently runs at around 50-60 degrees, so you can actually put your laptop on your lap without getting second degree burns.

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Multiple IE

Submitted by natobasso on Fri, 2008-01-11 17:18.

Another cool app is Multiple IE which lets you download all versions of IE instead of just IE7. It just doesn't work on Vista:

http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE

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Thanks, I've been wondering

Submitted by RetroGraffica on Fri, 2008-01-11 17:40.

Thanks, I've been wondering how to do that, I was just going to *find* a copy of XP and put IE7 on that

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Sure! I stumbled upon it and

Submitted by natobasso on Fri, 2008-01-11 19:29.

Sure! I stumbled upon it and it's been a godsend. IE6 and 7 are nearly different beasts. :)

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Too true

Submitted by RetroGraffica on Fri, 2008-01-11 19:44.

Haha! Yeah, they're definately 'beasts'! Probably some kind of sloth.

I am waiting for the day when we can proclaim "The Explorer is dead! Long live the Firefox!"

for Firefox users..

Submitted by archmedia on Fri, 2008-01-11 19:51.

a GREAT add-on is the IE-Tab
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

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Isn't that a bit of a moot

Submitted by RetroGraffica on Fri, 2008-01-11 20:00.

Isn't that a bit of a moot point? If it's only available for PC then you've got IE anyway?

Develop it for Mac and you've got a winner!

oops..

Submitted by archmedia on Fri, 2008-01-11 20:49.

thought they'd done a mac friendly version for firefox-mac..

I'm on PC till i get a new mac, and even then, i uninstall IE cause it's junk. I use this inside FF for testing..
my bad..
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No worries

Submitted by RetroGraffica on Fri, 2008-01-11 21:06.

I wish you swift journey back to the iWorld

I need an intel mac...

Submitted by ssarts on Fri, 2008-01-11 20:23.

Man, just another reason for me to upgrade. The list is getting long...

My chair gets a workout rotating between the PC and mac. It's getting pretty squeeky.

Cool tip. Thanks.

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I've never been one for

Submitted by RetroGraffica on Fri, 2008-01-11 21:11.

I've never been one for upgrading unless I need to, so when we started our business early in 2006 I bought one of the first gen MacBook Pros. I used my iMac G4 as a main machine (aside from web dev work) up until a few weeks ago when our son was born and I was forced to use the laptop to work on for everything. I've now switched to using the laptop full time until I can get a replacement for our old iMac, the difference is unbelievable!

Good luck getting a new Mac, I'm just waiting for Macworld to see what new wonders are unleashed

differences

Submitted by Leigh on Sat, 2008-01-12 04:23.

What are the main differences you've found? I started my business in the last month using a MacBook and a G4 but since I've only ever used PCs before this I'm curious as to the differences you've found.

Everything just feels

Submitted by RetroGraffica on Sat, 2008-01-12 13:03.

Everything just feels 'tighter' somehow. Maybe it's because the G4 still has Panther and the laptop has Tiger on it. I don't know if you know, but Adobe on intel macs was a massive problem for a while, apparently it ran much better on the PowerPC chips. I've now got CS3 on the laptop and it's blazingly fast

VMWare Fusion is also great

Submitted by Xeppelin on Sat, 2008-01-12 00:18.

I love the Unity mode, and Fusion keeps the Apple+R refresh hotkey for both IEs.

I'm a little confused

Submitted by chipgrafx on Sat, 2008-01-12 02:00.

I'm a little confused here... Parallels doesn't require a restart to run. You can run it right in OS X just like any other app. Granted, it's not free but it's been around for a while and works exceptionally well.

And regarding MultipleIE, this is an okay way to test on a PC but conditional comments won't work as expected so beware of that.

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IE using WINE on OSX

Submitted by archangel85j on Sat, 2008-01-12 22:52.

Or how about this Run Internet Explorer natively using WINE works wonders for me.

The PowerPC gets a raw deal?

Submitted by el_reverend on Tue, 2008-01-15 02:24.

Hey all,
these tips and links a great. But what about us old PowerPC users? I know of Virtual PC and Guest PC. I am running an older version of Guest PC and I must admit that it is anything but fast. It'll do if you have a LOT of time for testing. But it's a bit dreadful.

That Darwine version sounded absolutely great, but requires a Intel mac. Darn. So for all you developer out there, any PowerPC software you're using? And why do you like it?

The PowerPC gets a raw deal?

Submitted by el_reverend on Tue, 2008-01-15 02:24.

That Darwine version sounded absolutely great, but requires a Intel mac. Darn. So for all you developer out there, any PowerPC software you're using? And why do you like it?

I was using an iMac G4 for

Submitted by RetroGraffica on Tue, 2008-01-15 03:06.

I was using an iMac G4 for years and never came across any 'switching' software. I had to buy an old PC laptop secondhand for testing, but when it crashed and burned for the 3rd time (£40 each time to resurrect it!) I decided my money was better spent on buying an intel mac, you can pick Mac mini's up on ebay for a couple of hundred these days.

Sorry, but I think it's the 'intel inside' that makes running windows on a Mac possible :(