IE can be started just like you do in windows ui. This will start the restricted windows in virtualbox. IE8 Win XP), double click on it from VirtualBox. To start a specific virtual machine (e.g. Here is how remove entry looks like in virtualbox ui tool: This also removes the entry from VirtualBox registry xml file ~/Library/VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml. Deleting an entry from virtualbox ui tool with “Delete all files” should remove corresponding IE version file from ~/'VirtualBox VMs'/ directory. To recover (or to re-install an IE version) from a failed installation you may have to delete appropriate IE version files from ~/.ievms dir (assuming it is installed location) and remove corresponding entry from virtualbox ui tool (with “Delete all files” option). How to run windows 10 on Mac using VirtualBox In case you run into problems with ievms script, you can follow these following instruction to install Windows 10 (or older IEs) without ievms script. Installing Windows 10 and IEs withot ievms script.

IE8 and IE9 then use this command: curl -L -s | IEVMS_VERSIONS='8 9' bash In case you want to install specific machines e.g. Note that the images are pretty large its better to download only if you are on high speed broadband (With 8Mbps broadband it took me 2-3 hours). Here is how virtualbox will look like with IE virtual machines installed: This will install IE6 to IE 10 virtual machines on your virtual box. Assuming you have curl installed on you Mac, run this to setup IE virtual machines: curl -L -s | bash The easier option is to use awesome ievms script developed by Greg Thornton.

IE virtual machine images are available at modern.ie site (provided by Microsoft) and can be directly downloaded from there and loaded in VirtualBox. Latest version at the time of writing this article is VirtualBox 5.0.10 (x86/amd64) and I tried it on Mac OS X 10.10.5 (Yosemite). Here are the steps to setup IE on Mac using virtual box.įirst download VirtualBox for OSX hosts. Installing and using internet explorer on Mac is pretty convenient and can increase your productivity. Install IE on your mac using Virtualbox.Use some cloud based tool which provides IE on cloud.Have a windows machine and work on two machines.

If you want to test your site on IE then these are the options: For people who use Macbook as their primary machine, testing a site on Internet explorer (IE8, IE9, IE10) can be really painful.

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