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Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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Post by dave1010uk » Sat, Jun 15, 2013, 7:50 AM UTC

greg5green wrote: post #127

dave1010uk wrote: post #105

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Going down the Apple hardware route it looks like a Mac Mini is the cheapest option. Unless the Mac OS X licence doesn't prohibit running it on Apple TV somehow.

Apple TV is iOS, not OS X.

Yes, but it's still Apple hardware and a quick Google shows that it may be possible to install Mac OS X on it.

Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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Post by manojlds » Sat, Jun 15, 2013, 11:33 AM UTC

kyrias wrote: post #119

Ecio78 wrote: post #40

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My suggestion: use 7-zip Open Source, available on all the major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OSX). You can find also the MSI version that can be deployed via Active Directory GPO http://www.7-zip.org/download.html Oh, and you can create self-extracting file too (even though I don't know if you can unpack them on other platforms, never tried, but I should bet you can do it)

It's silly to recommend a program when complaining about a format. But yes it would be better if they used zip, which also happens to be integrated in Windows Explorer.

.7z is a format too, and 7-zip supports that and other common formats like zip and rar.

Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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Post by Ecio78 » Sun, Jun 16, 2013, 2:29 PM UTC

kyrias wrote: post #119

Ecio78 wrote: post #40

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My suggestion: use 7-zip Open Source, available on all the major platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OSX). You can find also the MSI version that can be deployed via Active Directory GPO http://www.7-zip.org/download.html Oh, and you can create self-extracting file too (even though I don't know if you can unpack them on other platforms, never tried, but I should bet you can do it)

It's silly to recommend a program when complaining about a format. But yes it would be better if they used zip, which also happens to be integrated in Windows Explorer.

afaik the plain .zip doesn't support multi-part archives and that's what they needed due to the file size. by citing 7-zip (site) I was of course suggesting the .7z file format that is opensource and there are softwares and libraries freely available.

Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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Post by levosmetalo » Mon, Jun 17, 2013, 8:50 PM UTC

dave1010uk wrote: post #57

OK, now I've got a pretty solid IE test setup, how do I go about testing Mac browsers (eg Safari) without a Mac? AFAIK the Mac OS X license says it can't be virtualized under non-Mac hardware. It looks like the only options are to use remote testing services, buy Apple hardware or illegally use Mac on a non-Mac host.

If Apple won't let you easy/chip to test on their browser, then just don't do it. Place a big red "please upgrade to modern browser" banner and be done with that. Of course, if client wants to sponsor testing, he can do it at his own will.

Re: Free Official MSIE VM's for Linux and Mac

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Post by kyrias » Wed, Jun 19, 2013, 12:10 PM UTC

Ecio78 wrote: post #133

kyrias wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's silly to recommend a program when complaining about a format. But yes it would be better if they used zip, which also happens to be integrated in Windows Explorer.

afaik the plain .zip doesn't support multi-part archives and that's what they needed due to the file size. by citing 7-zip (site) I was of course suggesting the .7z file format that is opensource and there are softwares and libraries freely available.

http://www.ehow.com/how_6943340_extract-split-zip-files.html would suggest otherwise, though I can't try it myself at the moment.

  > … 7z file format that is opensource …

.ZIP is in the public domain ;)