Wait…(will probably take 15 – 30 minutes).“XPIE7.vmdk” is the new file that VMWare Fusion will use.“XP SP2 with IE7.vhd” is the path to the IE VPC file you downloaded.Qemu-img.exe convert -f vpc " XP SP2 with IE7.vhd" -O vmdk XPIE7.vmdk Use “cd” to go to the directory you download and extracted Qemu.Open a command prompt: Start > Run and type “cmd”.Several people in the comments have mentioned being able to use Q on the Mac to do the file conversion. If you’re using Linux you’re probably smart enough to adapt these instructions to your system. These instructions are tailored towards using Windows for the file conversion with qemu. The process will probably take less than an hour and require about 2Gb of space.
Download ie7 for mac os full#
I wrote these instructions using the trial version, someday I’ll buy my own full version. This is the easiest way to go and has superior support for shared network and clipboard between Mac and PC, except it means you’ll need to buy a copy of VMWare Fusion. WILL NOT work on windows because it was not compiled to support files over 2GB.
Download ie7 for mac os install#
(you can do this through Parallels or VMWare Fusion too) Download, extract and install Qemu tool on your computer. I couldn’t get it to work on Mac, so you’ll probably need to use it on a Linux or Windows machine. To do the conversion you’ll need a copy of the Qemu command line tool. Setupįirst go and download the versions of IE you want to use: The bad news is that they wont run on Mac and VirtualPC wont run inside Parallels or VMWare Fusion - but I’ve found a solution! We can convert the disk images to work for VMWare Fusion or VirtualBox. The good news is that Microsoft provides free VirtualPC disk images for each of their browsers: Plus, Parallels doesn’t compress the virtual hard drive so each OS takes about 10 – 20GB of space. I have Parallels installed but I don’t want to buy extra copies of Windows just to test in IE.
I use a Mac, which means testing my work in IE6, IE7 and IE8 is a pain. Microsoft has now officially released copies of their OS/Browser bundles for all OSes using VirtualBox, Parallels or VMWare! You can get them from modern.ie.
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