Monodevelop or visual studio for mac. Set up a free virtual machine in minutes and run Internet Explorer in Mac OS X using VirtualBox (IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10, and IE11 supported). Apr 29, 2011  Internet Explorer only works on Windows. To use it, you would have to use a windows machine or install windows on your Mac. You could try changing the User Agent of Safari by going to Safari>Preferences>Advanced and checking the 'Show Develop menu in menu bar' option. Then under the Develop Menu change the user agent to Internet Explorer 7.0.

Embed this Program Add this Program to your website by copying the code below. Preview Preview. Time to go Surfing One of the main reasons for choosing to install Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 is that this software promises to make surfing the net easier, safer and more secure than ever before. As anyone who uses one of the many versions of Windows probably knows, updates and fixes are regularly released to take care of bugs that tend to crop up from time to time. Although this software is only one in a long list of potential fixes, it promises to be more stable and reliable than most other solutions.

Internet Explorer 6 is the set of core Web browsing technologies in Windows XP. These core technologies have recently been updated as part of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) with Advanced Security Technologies. Internet Explorer 6 SP1, the latest version of Internet Explorer for users not running Windows XP, provides a flexible and reliable browsing experience with enhanced Web privacy features for all Windows users. This version includes a full installation of the Web browser and the most recent version of Outlook Express, the e-mail client that is included with Internet Explorer.

Once upon a time, the Mac and the Internet did not always get along. Long before Safari showed up, Netscape and Internet Explorer were busy waging a war to define the future of browsing — a future that didn't often include the Mac. Most of the time, Mac users were stuck using browsers one or two versions behind their Windows counterparts, with no access to popular plug-ins essential to browsing various parts of the Web. It was a dark day for the rebellion. Thankfully, that age is over and gone: The Web is largely bedrocked on HTML and CSS now, with only the occasional need for a plugin — and all the major ones are Mac-compatible.

That said, there are still a few websites stuck in the dark ages for one reason or another, requiring Internet Explorer (which has been since discontinued for the Mac) or a Windows PC. While this sounds like a ridiculous case of webmaster insanity, I've seen this happen with quite a few job, healthcare, and government-related websites — built by organizations that don't trust (or have time to learn about) other systems. But you can get around most of these arbitrary restrictions with my favorite hidden menu in Safari: Develop > User Agent. How to access websites that require a PC or Internet Explorer • Launch Safari.

• Click Safari in the menu bar at the top of your screen. • Click Preferences. • Click on the Advanced tab.

• Check the 'Show Develop menu in menu bar' setting, then close the Preferences window. The Develop menu should now show in your menu bar. • Go to Develop > User Agent.

• If you need to pretend you're using Internet Explorer, choose one of the Internet Explorer options. • If you need to pretend you're using a PC, choose 'Google Chrome — Windows' or 'Firefox — Windows'. Note: If your browser options are grayed out, you may still have the Preferences screen open — close it first! Doing so should get you through the website's detection-checker. Of course, the page may still be using ancient codecs or plugins not supported by Safari — in which case, you might have to look into. Still having trouble? Let us know below.

Updated June 2018: Updated for the latest version of macOS.