Last Updated: December 31, 2018 Ridiculous as it may seem, some websites such as corporate intranets, HR and banking sites still require Internet Explorer to access them in 2018. The problem for Mac users is that IE for Mac was way back in 2005 and Microsoft has now replaced IE with which also isn’t available for Mac.

Internet Explorer for your Mac and ChromeBook Supports Java / Silverlight / Shockwave / Flash Easily switch between Internet Explorer versions (IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10, IE11).

However, Microsoft has that the Edge browser for Mac will be released sometime in 2019. The good news though is that there are still ways to use IE on a Mac. Here are 3 easy ways to run Internet Explorer for Mac on any version of macOS including Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra and Mojave. Emulate Internet Explorer In Another Browser The easiest, quickest and simplest way to run Internet Explorer on Mac works by “fooling” sites into thinking you are using IE even though you are using another browser. This works with Safari, Firefox, Chrome and a lesser known browser called iCab. It works by activating the Developer Mode in the browser then switching the User Agent to Internet Explorer, making the site think you’re accessing it using IE. ICab does a similar thing except the ability to switch browser identities is a standard feature.

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Here are instructions how to emulate Internet Explorer in each browser starting with Safari. • Open Safari on your Mac. If you can’t find it, search for Safari in Spotlight in the top right of your Mac. When Safari is open, select Safari and then Preferences in the top left corner.

• Select the Advanced tab on the far right. Then select the checkbox “Show develop menu in menu bar” at the bottom: • Close the Preferences and you’ll see a new “Develop” option in the Safari Menu Bar at the top of the screen.

Click on ii and you’ll see the option User Agent. You can then instruct Safari to appear as Internet Explorer. Select Internet Explorer 9.0 unless you know that the site you’re trying to access only works with Internet Explorer 8.0 or 9.0. You should now be able to access sites that require Internet Explorer. As you can see from the other options available in the User Agent, you can also make Safari pretend your Mac is a PC or Mac using Chrome, Firefox or Opera.

Depending on the site you’re trying to access however, you may still experience problems as Safari can’t emulate Internet Explorer 100% accurately. For instance, this method does not work with sites that use ActiveX. In this case, your best bet is to. If you’re using Google Chrome, here’s how to emulate IE on a Mac: • Go to the View menu at the top of Chrome and select Developer and then Developer Tools.

• A panel will open to the right of your browser window. Make sure that Console is selected in the upper Menu and then go to the bottom of the browser and click on the three dots next to Console as illustrated by the arrows below: • From the pop-up Menu that appears, select Network Conditions. • Next to user agent, deselect the option “Select Automatically” and then click on the Custom Menu and select the version of Internet Explorer you want Chrome to use. Any websites you visit will then think you are using Internet Explorer on your Mac.

You can leave the console open or close it. When you close the tab completely, Chrome will revert to being Chrome again – there’s no further action needed on your part. If you have problems doing this, an even easier solution is to use the. This automatically allows you to select which browser you want Chrome to appear as. You can run also emulate Internet Explorer in Firefox although it’s slightly more complicated and messy than doing it via Safari or Chrome. However, the process is made incredibly easy if you just install the.

This useful Add-On allows you to easily select what you want Firefox to run as, including Internet Explorer. As you can see, you can even make Firefox appear like it’s also a mobile device or even coming from an entirely different operating system such as Windows or Linux. Run Internet Explorer On Mac Using iCab is a free browser that like Safari, allows you to run as Internet Explorer on your Mac. It’s also a pretty darn quick browser too although a bit dated nowadays. Here’s how to run IE on your Mac using iCab. Open iCab – you don’t even need to drag it into your Applications folder. You can just double click on the iCab icon.

• When iCab is open, simply go to View then Browser Identity and select one of the Internet Explorer options. Unlike with the Safari method, you can disguise iCab as the last version of Internet Explorer that ever worked on Mac – Internet Explorer 5.2. Beyond that though, iCab only goes up to Internet Explorer 7.0 on Windows which some sites may not support but if you’ve had no luck with Safari, iCab is definitely worth a shot. If you have any questions or problems running IE on Mac using these tips, let us know in the comments below and we’ll try to help. Run Internet Explorer on Mac Using A Virtual Machine Although the above methods work for most sites, there are some websites that simply can’t be fooled into thinking you’re using Internet Explorer on a Mac. For those sites, we recommend using which is guaranteed to work for any website but it takes more time and money to setup.