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series of tutorials).Internet Explorer for Mac the Easy Way: Run IE 7, IE8, & IE9 Free in a Virtual Machine
If you’re a Mac user that requires the usage of Internet Explorer under Mac OS X, you’ll find your choices are generally as follows:
which can be slow and buggy, dual boot Windows and Mac OS X which is a nuisance because it requites rebooting, or use virtualization with something like Parallels, VMWare, or VirtualBox. Virtualization is generally the best method because you can run IE and other Windows apps directly atop OS X, but some of the VM software is expensive and you still need a Windows license key, right? Wrong!
Run Internet Explorer 7, 8, 10, & 11 in Mac OS X the Easy & Free Way
We’re going to walk you through how to install Internet Explorer 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 in a virtual machine running Windows, directly in Mac OS X – for free. This is achieved by using the freely available VirtualBox software from Oracle, and combining that with free Internet Explorer testing virtual machines from Microsoft, the trick is converting these free IE vm’s so that they work flawlessly under OS X (or Linux, technically), and that is all handled automatically with this method.
Notes: the admin password for all of the IE VMs is “Password1” without the quotes. This has been tested and confirmed to work with all modern versions of Mac system software including OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, OS X 10.7 Lion, and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Installation size per IE Virtual Machine is about 11GB, to install all Windows VM’s it will take about 48GB of disk space.
Download & Install VirtualBox –
(direct .dmg download link) – or
Launch the Terminal (located in /Applications/Utilities/)
Decide which versions of Internet Explorer you want to download and install – each version of Internet Explorer is contained within a separate virtual machine that runs within VirtualBox. In other words, if you want to run Internet Explorer 7, 8, and 9, you will need to download three separate VM’s, which may take a while so keep that in mind. Select the text below and copy it:
Install ALL versions of Internet Explorer: IE7, IE 8, IE 9, IE10, IE11
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | bash
Install Internet Explorer 11 Only
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="11" bash
Install Internet Explorer 10 Only
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="10" bash
Install Internet Explorer 7 Only
curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="7" bash
Install Internet Explorer 8 Only
curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="8" bash
Install Internet Explorer 9 Only
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | IEVMS_VERSIONS="9" bash
Copy and paste the selected command from above into the Terminal and hit return, this will start the download and conversion process. How long this takes depends on your internet connection and how many versions of Internet Explorer you chose to install
Launch VirtualBox and boot Windows & Internet Explorer – select the virtual machine corresponding to the version of Internet Explorer you intend to use: IE7, IE8, IE9, then click on the “Start” button to boot that Windows machine with that version of Internet Explorer.
Remember that the default Windows admin password is “Password1”, it’s also the password hint within the VM should you forget it.
That’s really all there is to it. These commands are part of the
and it manages the entire download, conversion, and installation procedure, it doesn’t get much easier.
Note: if you’re having trouble with the above URL or commands not working, it may be because github changed the URL structure of their source from github.com to githubusercontent, like the following:
curl -s https://raw.github.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | bash
Turns into:
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | bash
Note the URL change from github to githubusercontent, otherwise everything else is the same. (Thanks Blair!)
VM Snapshots Circumvent Microsofts 30 Day Limitation
The other great thing about this method is that it circumvents Microsofts 30 day limitation by utilizing snapshots, a feature built into VirtualBox. This preserves the original Windows VM state and allows you to continuously use the IE virtual machine without any time limitation simply by reverting to the original snapshot once the 30 day lock occurs.
To use a snapshot after the 30 day Windows expiration, just open VirtualBox, select the IE VM, and click on the “Snapshots” button. From here you can boot from the original snapshot that was created and use IE again for another 30 days. You can do this indefinitely, effectively having a clean IE test environment forever.
What about IE 6?
IE6 is being rapidly abandoned as usage dies, but if you need to use it then you can . Getting it working isn’t quite as easy as the virtual machine methods above and it utilizes a wine based emulator so your mileage may vary.
Why Use Internet Explorer on a Mac?
This has been a common question, but the primary reasons that Mac users need Internet Explorer are either for web development and web app compatibility purposes, or to access certain web sites or apps that require the use of IE to gain access. If you’re not in either of those groups, there isn’t much benefit to getting IE in Mac OS X, since Safari, Chrome, and Firefox are all excellent browser choices with significantly better performance on the Mac.
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Where are my students? They are not on the playground. They are not in the library, Where are they? They are in the classroom. Sam is studying English. Jim is reading an English Post. His Chinese book is on the desk. Tom is not reading comic books（漫画书）. He is making cards. Mary and Ann are listening to music. I am Miss Zhang, their teacher. I am in my office and drinking some orange juice.小题1:How many students are there in the classroom?A. Three.&&&&&& B. Four.&&&&&&&&& C. Five.小题2:What’s Sam doing?A. He is reading an English Post.B. He is studying English.C. He is reading comic books.小题3:Where is Mary?A. On the playground.&& B. In the library.&&& C. In the classroom.小题4:Who is not in the classroom?A. Jim.&&&&&&&& B. Ann.&&&&&&&& C. Miss Zhang.小题5:Which is NOT right?A. Jim’s Chinese book is on the desk.B. Ann is listening to music.C. Miss Zhang is drinking some coffee.
科目：初中英语
来源：不详
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If you go to Finland, you’ll be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are. Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high class Benz with a fare (票价) of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then get off without paying your fare. And the driver would not show the least sign of worry. The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends and dine free of charge. With so many loopholes (漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “pretty advantages”. But the strange things is, all the taxi-passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attend not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. As the Finns always act on good faith and always show an attitude of “which is which” and “what is what” in everything they do, so to live in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”. In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to take precautions (预防措施) against others?小题1:The word “foolish” probably means _____________.A．friendly　　　B．careful　　　C．strange　　　D．funny小题2:Why wouldn’t the driver show the least sign of worry? Because _________.A．he is sure that the passengers always act on good faithB．he is afraid to make the passengers angry and unhappyC．he thinks the passengers may be too poor to pay himD．he is sure that the passengers are really in trouble小题3:The dining rooms in all big hotels ___________.A．check the guests’ registration card carefullyB．give people meals without payingC．serve their guests free of chargeD．only serve their guests free breakfast小题4:What’s FALSE according to the passage?A．No one takes advantages although there are many loopholes.B．All the taxi-passengers come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business.C．Not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms.D．Finland is heaven for immoral people because they can always take advantages freely.小题5:The sentences “which is which” and “what is what” show that __________.A．the Finns are foolishB．the Finns take things seriouslyC．the Finns are busy making money for the family D．the Finns never take precaution against others
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来源：不详
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来源：不详
题型：阅读理解
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科目：初中英语
来源：不详
题型：阅读理解
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来源：不详
题型：完形填空
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来源：不详
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＃117: Some people like to have friends who are different from them. Others like to have friends who are similar to them. What kind of friends do you want for yourself? Kate Join Date: March, 2010 Location: the United Kingdom I like to have friends who are like me. Both my best friend Vades and I like traveling. We went to Italy last month and stayed there for a week. Next month we want to go to Paris. However, Vades is more athletic than me.&Ditlady Join Date: April, 2010 Location: Canada&I like to have friends who are like me. It can be very helpful. I’m a little quiet and my good friend Libby is quiet, too. Sometimes I don’t know what to do with my problems and she can tell me what I should do, because she knows about me better than people who are different from me. Harbinger Join Date: May, 2010Hi, everyone! I had a cold last week and just got here. In my opinion, it is important to have both kinds of friends. That makes your life more interesting. 6. Where is Kate going next month?
A. To the USA.&&&&&&&& B. To the UK.&&&&&&& C. To Italy.&&&&&&&&&&& D. To France. 7. What’s Libby like?
A. She’s as beautiful as Ditlady.&&&&&&&&& B. She’s more outgoing than Ditlady.
C. She’s as quiet as Ditlady.&&&&&&&&&&&& D. She’s more athletic than Ditlady. 8. What was the matter with Harbinger last week?
A. He had a cold.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& B. He had a headache.
C. He had a fever.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& D. He had a toothache. 9. What kind of friends does Harbinger like to have? A. Those who are different from him.&&&&&&& B. Those who are the same as him. C. He doesn’t like to make friends.&&&&&&&&& D. He likes to have different kinds of friends. 10. What does the underlined word “similar” mean? A. 一致的&&&&&&&&& B. 相似的&&&&&&&&& C. 友好的&&&&&&&&&& D. 简单的
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