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Running Windows w/ Internet Explorer on a Mac
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ieOnMac.txt
http://justinmarsan.com/accessing-localhost-in-mac-osx-from-windows-vm-in-virtualbox/
some variation from the link below
Install VirtualBox
brew tap caskroom/cask
brew install Caskroom/cask/virtualbox
Download & install Windows
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | env IEVMS_VERSIONS="11” bash
get IP address
ifconfig en0 —> inet XXX.XXX.X.XX netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast YYY.YYY.Y.YYY
Open VirtualBox and start Windows 7
Open Notepadd app in Windows
Browse to C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
Right click the hosts file and change permissions
Click Properties->Security
Click “Edit"
Select “Users” under "Group or user names”
Click the checkbox under “Allow” for “Full Control”
Click “Apply” and “OK"
Drag the hosts file into Notepad
Add the following line to the hosts file in NotePad
XXX.XXX.X.XX localhost
This should be the only uncommented/active line in the file. XXX.XXX.X.XX should match step 3.a
Save and point your browser localhost.
try restarting the Virtual Machine if it cannot be located
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