Here’s our guide on how to run Internet Explorer on a Mac. Despite that, we think some people and developers would still prefer to use IE in OS X.įortunately, VirtualBox, Oracle’s virtualization software, allows you to run more recent builds of IE without requiring you to dual boot Windows and Mac OS X.
Microsoft’s Web browser quickly faded from popularity on Apple rigs starting in 2003, when Microsoft stopped supporting IE for Mac and Cupertino introduced Safari. Internet Explorer may seem like a forgotten relic for most Mac owners, but for some, old flames die hard.
