How to install Internet Explorer on Mac OSX?
Install Internet Explorer on Mac OSX with this simple hack.
Even though we all hate Internet Explorer 6 let’s just accept the fact that it’s not going to go away anytime soon (even though there are campaigns around to kill it) and there are many websites that are still IE6 friendly and that means we have a hard time using those websites on any of the modern browsers.
Since many corporate internal websites are more of IE6 friendly this would become an annoying issue if you have to deal with those internal websites from your home using Mac.
No worries, with ies4osx you can get Internet Explorer 6 on your Mac OSX computer.
You need 2 applications to get IE6 on your Mac.
Go ahead and download Darwine from here. Mount the .dmg file and move the app to the Applications folder.
Once Darwine is installed go ahead and download ies4osx. It’s a .zip file and so you have to extract the zip file and launch ies4osx.
You’ll get a dialog where you’ll be presented with the steps involved to get Internet Explorer 6 on your Mac. Hit the “Install” button and wait and watch. You’ll get 2 “Windows’ish” dialogs. Click to proceed further.
Once everything settles down you’ll be informed that the installation is complete and you can find the browser on your Mac Desktop.
Go ahead and launch the “ies4osx” app from your desktop. Above is a sample page of DemoGeek.com on Internet Explorer 6 on Mac OSX.
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October 21st, 2009 at 5:10 am
Hey Demo Geek!
I'm using Mac OS 10.4.11 and after downloading both aps as instructed I get a message stating ie4osx.app isn't compatible with my system. Was the application made for an OS after Tiger and is there another way for me to get IE on my Mac? Thanks for your help!
Michael
October 21st, 2009 at 5:47 am
Hi Michael – I doubt that IE4OSX works on Tiger. Since I don't have Tiger (tried it on Leopard and worked) I'm not in a position to claim that boldly. Please give me some more time and I'll do my best to answer your questions. Thanks!
November 2nd, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Hi! I am not a techno-chick whatsoever, but your instructions were easy to understand and I was able to successfully install IE4OSX on my macbook. My new job access only uses IE and so this is going to be great help. Thank you!
November 3rd, 2009 at 12:16 am
notatechnochick – I'm so glad that you found it useful. Please subscribe to our free RSS feed (the orange RSS feed button at the top of the page) to stay updated with what happens here at DemoGeek.com. Thanks for those nice words!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
I have been trying to follow these directions all day and have been unable to reach http://www.good-day.co.jp.” target=”_blank”>http://www.kronenberg.org/download.php?download=h…” target=”_blank”>http://www.good-day.co.jp. Any idea as to what is going on and/or can I download Darwine and cosequently IE4OSX???
April 17th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Thank you! I executed the steps flawlessly, however, once I launch my office site and login, it gets hungup. Any thoughts. I have a macbook pro, with snow leo.
Thanks.
July 16th, 2010 at 3:45 am
Where is "here" (the download link)?
Tks.
July 16th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
William – thanks for pointing that out…it's been fixed now and you should be able to see the link.
August 16th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Thanks!
September 1st, 2010 at 10:37 am
HI demogeek,
i tried following the steps, and managed to download darwine and i can also see the darwine window which u have put up in the instructions. But…… i don't see a link for downloading 'ies4osx'. how do i go abt doing that? pls help thanks!!
September 2nd, 2010 at 5:44 am
Hi again,
so sorry for this. i've managed to download wine bottler combo from the link u provided, but am not sure how to get internet explorer 6 after that.. your help will be appreciated thanks!!
February 19th, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Does this process work for the MacBook Air (version 10.6.6 ) ?
June 21st, 2011 at 11:52 pm
Hey my name is Crysten and I'm in online college. Was trying to get a work-at-home job and to test my computer for compatability with their system I had to have IE6. I have a macbook and I know it runs OSX. I've tried from three different sites to download WineBottler and it won't save to my computer it says "the following disk images could not be recognized". I would really like to apply for this job but I'm just having a really hard time with this, as I have only had my Mac for a couple of months. Any suggestions?
June 23rd, 2011 at 9:57 pm
Crysten – is your Mac Intel based? I was able to successfully download and open the file on an Intel based MacBook.