How To Run Internet Explorer on Mac OS X

There are still a few alternative ways to run Internet Explorer on Mac. But one thing is certain — in order to use Internet Explorer, you need access to a Windows system. You could access the Windows environment either locally on your Mac (by virtualization or dual-booting), or remotely (using Cloud Browsing solutions).

Note: If a particular website serves a different version for Internet Explorer, you can access the IE version of the site on Safari simply by changing its user agent. This trick might even be useful for getting around some of the IE-restricted sites. But if a website implements a technology that is only supported on Internet Explorer, changing the user agent might not be worthwhile.

If your Mac has enough free resources, you may consider running a Windows OS on Mac via virtualization. Parallels Desktop is a great virtualization software for running Windows programs on OS X. If you have enough free space available on your Mac, but running low on other resources, such as memory (RAM) or processing power, virtualization might not be an optimal solution.

Instead, in such a case, you can dual-boot Windows with OS X using Apple’s Boot Camp software. That way, both the operating systems will be able to utilize the Mac hardware to their full potential