Comments on: Browser Testing IE On a Mac http://925html.com/techniques/browser-testing-ie-on-a-mac/ For those of us who work with the web daily. Sun, 16 Jan 2011 12:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Mable http://925html.com/techniques/browser-testing-ie-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Mable Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:28:09 +0000 http://925html.com/?p=168#comment-83 What a great article and thorough instructions on making copies of the VMs. I've been wanting to install VMs on my Mac but haven't had the time to do the research as to which product to purchase. I'm sold on the VMware Fusion. Thanks Eric, AGAIN!! What a great article and thorough instructions on making copies of the VMs. I’ve been wanting to install VMs on my Mac but haven’t had the time to do the research as to which product to purchase. I’m sold on the VMware Fusion. Thanks Eric, AGAIN!!

]]> By: Dan Pouliot http://925html.com/techniques/browser-testing-ie-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Dan Pouliot Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:42:49 +0000 http://925html.com/?p=168#comment-82 I wanted to let you know that I followed your instructions and it worked perfectly! There's no way I could have figured that out on my own. I'm saving your tutorial for the inevitable time when I have to do this again. Thank you! I wanted to let you know that I followed your instructions and it worked perfectly! There’s no way I could have figured that out on my own. I’m saving your tutorial for the inevitable time when I have to do this again. Thank you!

]]> By: Dan Pouliot http://925html.com/techniques/browser-testing-ie-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Dan Pouliot Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:11:53 +0000 http://925html.com/?p=168#comment-81 this looks like exactly the info I was looking for (and honestly couldn't find documented anywhere)! In the mean time today I managed to hose one of my VMs, and am now starting over from scratch. I'll be sure to try out your steps later on tonight. Thanks!!! this looks like exactly the info I was looking for (and honestly couldn’t find documented anywhere)! In the mean time today I managed to hose one of my VMs, and am now starting over from scratch. I’ll be sure to try out your steps later on tonight. Thanks!!!

]]> By: Eric Ferraiuolo http://925html.com/techniques/browser-testing-ie-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Eric Ferraiuolo Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:50:05 +0000 http://925html.com/?p=168#comment-80 <strong>@Dan</strong> I'm not aware of an <em>official</em> way to copy a VM that's been published by VMWare. I never investigated if they have such documentation on their site or in their support area. For you networking issue, I can tell you that all my VMs are setup to use <strong>NAT</strong>, sharing the Mac's network connection. I haven't tried the Bridged option; are you using NAT or Bridged? I will elaborate more on the process I used to make copies of my VMs: <ol> <li>In the VMWare Virtual Machine Library manager <strong>create a new VM</strong>: <ol> <li>Choose to <strong>Continue without disk</strong></li> <li>Choose to <strong>create a custom virtual machine</strong> during the Installation media setup</li> <li>At the last setup step, choose to <strong>Customize Settings</strong></li> </ol> </li> <li>We will now configure the VM's Hard Disk settings to use a copy of an existing VM's virtual disk: <ol> <li><strong>Remove the existing Hard Disk</strong> by clicking the minus button</li> <li><strong>Add a new virtual disk</strong> and select <strong>Choose from existing disk...</strong> from the File Name menu</li> <li><strong>Navigate to the existing VM</strong> which you would like to copy the virtual disk from and <strong>choose the .vmdk file with the Copy option selected</strong></li> <li>Click <strong>Apply</strong> to initiate the copying of the virtual disk from the existing VM to the new VM. This can take some time depending on the size of the .vmdk being copied, might want to grab some lunch at this point...</li> </ol> </li> </ol> You should now have a new VM that is a copy of an existing VM. This is the process I went through twice to create a VM for IE6 and one for IE8, which were based of my original Windows XP SP3 w/ IE7 VM. I hope that helps. @Dan I’m not aware of an official way to copy a VM that’s been published by VMWare. I never investigated if they have such documentation on their site or in their support area. For you networking issue, I can tell you that all my VMs are setup to use NAT, sharing the Mac’s network connection. I haven’t tried the Bridged option; are you using NAT or Bridged?

I will elaborate more on the process I used to make copies of my VMs:

  1. In the VMWare Virtual Machine Library manager create a new VM:
    1. Choose to Continue without disk
    2. Choose to create a custom virtual machine during the Installation media setup
    3. At the last setup step, choose to Customize Settings
  2. We will now configure the VM’s Hard Disk settings to use a copy of an existing VM’s virtual disk:
    1. Remove the existing Hard Disk by clicking the minus button
    2. Add a new virtual disk and select Choose from existing disk… from the File Name menu
    3. Navigate to the existing VM which you would like to copy the virtual disk from and choose the .vmdk file with the Copy option selected
    4. Click Apply to initiate the copying of the virtual disk from the existing VM to the new VM. This can take some time depending on the size of the .vmdk being copied, might want to grab some lunch at this point…

You should now have a new VM that is a copy of an existing VM. This is the process I went through twice to create a VM for IE6 and one for IE8, which were based of my original Windows XP SP3 w/ IE7 VM. I hope that helps.

]]> By: Dan Pouliot http://925html.com/techniques/browser-testing-ie-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Dan Pouliot Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:06:33 +0000 http://925html.com/?p=168#comment-79 Can you tell us how you copied your VMWare Fusion virtual machine? I tried this by simply copying the VM file yesterday, and now it seems there is a networking conflict between the original and the copy, as only one can be on the network at a time. Is there an "official" way to duplicate a VM in VMWare Fusion to avoid networking issues? Can you tell us how you copied your VMWare Fusion virtual machine? I tried this by simply copying the VM file yesterday, and now it seems there is a networking conflict between the original and the copy, as only one can be on the network at a time. Is there an “official” way to duplicate a VM in VMWare Fusion to avoid networking issues?

]]> By: eferraiuolo http://925html.com/techniques/browser-testing-ie-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-55 eferraiuolo Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:39:19 +0000 http://925html.com/?p=168#comment-55 @Lukas Interesting. I might give it a try on my main XP instance... What are your reactions from using Xenocode? @Lukas Interesting. I might give it a try on my main XP instance… What are your reactions from using Xenocode?

]]> By: Lukas Anderko http://925html.com/techniques/browser-testing-ie-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Lukas Anderko Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:53:52 +0000 http://925html.com/?p=168#comment-56 recently switched to macbook - as my primary dev. machine and have same problem with testing cause in our company are almost all apps only IE friendly so I had several instances of XPs (as you, IE5, IE6, IE7 and now it will be IE8) and I really hated it... now with Xenocode it's really simply - of course there are sometimes problems with stability - mainly with new IE8 (which is still beta so I dont care...) but in conclusion - can't live without it anymore and life with mac is fun again :D recently switched to macbook – as my primary dev. machine and have same problem with testing cause in our company are almost all apps only IE friendly so I had several instances of XPs (as you, IE5, IE6, IE7 and now it will be IE8) and I really hated it… now with Xenocode it's really simply – of course there are sometimes problems with stability – mainly with new IE8 (which is still beta so I dont care…) but in conclusion – can't live without it anymore and life with mac is fun again :D

]]> By: Lukas Anderko http://925html.com/techniques/browser-testing-ie-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Lukas Anderko Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:22:07 +0000 http://925html.com/?p=168#comment-54 just look <a href="http://www.xenocode.com/browsers/" target="_blank">http://www.xenocode.com/browsers/</a> and you will need only one instance ... just look http://www.xenocode.com/browsers/ and you will need only one instance …

]]> By: Eric Ferraiuolo http://925html.com/techniques/browser-testing-ie-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Eric Ferraiuolo Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:32:01 +0000 http://925html.com/?p=168#comment-48 <strong>@Han</strong> I don't test Opera because I'm not an Opera user and there aren't enough of them to justify the time. If a project I was working on saw or estimated > 1% Opera users, I would test it. @Han I don’t test Opera because I’m not an Opera user and there aren’t enough of them to justify the time. If a project I was working on saw or estimated > 1% Opera users, I would test it.

]]> By: Han http://925html.com/techniques/browser-testing-ie-on-a-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Han Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:55:49 +0000 http://925html.com/?p=168#comment-47 You don't even bother trying to test in at least one version of Opera? Give Dragonfly a whirl, it's in alpha so it has its share of bugs but it's more feature-rich than Firebug. You don’t even bother trying to test in at least one version of Opera? Give Dragonfly a whirl, it’s in alpha so it has its share of bugs but it’s more feature-rich than Firebug.

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