How can I test IE10 on Mac?

Question

How can I test web sites in IE10 on Mac?

Currently I am testing IE9 in VirtualBox with Windows 7 installed from Internet Explorer Application Compatibility VPC Image. I could not find similar image for Windows 8. IETester does not have IE10 eigher. Is there an easy way to test IE10 on Mac?

Dremadremann

How are you using VPC images on a Mac? – Splenetic

I am using VirtualBox to run those PVC images on Mac OS – Dremadremann

If you have a solution of your own, please post it as an answer and mark that answer accepted instead of mine. (For that matter, why do you even need to install Windows 7 separately? The link I provided gives you entire Windows ISOs to use.) – Splenetic

+1 BoltClock, @evgeny you should read meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17845/… – Amphiaster

Answer 1

That page no longer appears to be up-to-date.

However, Microsoft's developer website provides free download links to test Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer (versions 8 through 11) using virtual machines. You can manage them locally using VirtualBox or another virtualization software tool.

Splenetic

+1 on the Modernie VMs I wrote a blog post to get you started, professionalaspnet.com/archive/2013/05/29/… – Ungual

LOL it had no traffic anymore :) Plus the Edge team changed their portal. This is the latest link. developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms – Ungual

Answer 2

1. Open Safari and navigate to Safari > Preferences from the menu bar.
2. Click on the Advanced tab.
3. Check the "Show Develop menu in menu bar" setting, then close the Preferences window.
4. The Develop menu should now show in your menu bar.
5. Go to Develop > User Agent.
6. Here, you have to option to choose different browser options like Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. You can also choose Firefox and Chrome as the User Agent.

Source: How to view websites on your Mac that require Internet Explorer (or a PC)

Substructure

In the modern world, this is the easiest possible way I've found to debug IE issues on a mac. This should be higher up. I've found this mimics IE behavior well enough to avoid VM instillations and makes my life much easier. – Kalfas

This does not emulate IE, it just changes the User Agent header send to web servers – Yellowthroat

Answer 3

The modern.IE link doesn't work anymore, but Microsoft has virtual machine downloads available for IE versions 8-11 and Edge.

Manteltree

Answer 4

Off late I heard about this awesome software Sauce labs (https://saucelabs.com/) which allows you to test your code cross-browser, cross OS.

Nonsuit

Answer 5

All you need is virtualbox (free) and a dev copy of Windows8 (free). I just did it now. I followed this tutorial. It took about 30 mins to do on 1 try. https://centroy.com/blog/testing-internet-explorer-mac-its-actually-quite-easy

Obannon