Internet Explorer Flash

The problem is that IE was made for OS X quite a long time ago when PowerPC-based Macs were the norm. Because of this, IE for the Mac has to run under Rosetta on the Intel Macs. Rosetta is a translation mechanism that "tricks" the older OS X application into thinking that it's running on a PowerPC-based Macintosh, all the while making it so that the Intel processor can process the translated code. It's only meant to be a transitional tool for older Mac OS X applications that aren't Universal Binaries (which run natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs) or strictly Intel-native. So if you install the version of Flash that is compatible with the Intel Macs, it won't work as a plugin on an application that needs to use Rosetta in order to run.

What you might have to do is either use Parallels, VMware Fusion, or VirtualBox to run Windows in a virtual machine and run IE that way to test the site, or you'll have to use Boot Camp to install Windows and dual boot it on the Mac. Aside from those solutions, I don't believe that there is any other way to make this happen. You could try installing the PowerPC version of Flash so that IE can read it, but I don't know if that might cause some conflicts with the native Intel apps on your Mac.
 
nixgeek said:
... You could try installing the PowerPC version of Flash so that IE can read it, but I don't know if that might cause some conflicts with the native Intel apps on your Mac.
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The last MacOS X-native version of Internet Explorer is IE 5.2.3. It is massively incompatible with recent versions of Flash.
 
MisterMe said:
The last MacOS X-native version of Internet Explorer is IE 5.2.3. It is massively incompatible with recent versions of Flash.
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Well, there you go. :p

Even on PowerPC Macs that can run IE natively I imagine, is that correct?
 
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