Comments on: Testing IE locally on Mac with MAMP Pro and Parallels http://web-graphics.com/2008/11/05/testing-ie-locally-on-mac-with-mamp-pro-and-parallels/ Web development concerns, usually revolving around implimentation of designs into graphics, CSS, and HTML. Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:10:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: catcoder http://web-graphics.com/2008/11/05/testing-ie-locally-on-mac-with-mamp-pro-and-parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-54367 catcoder Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:03:09 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/?p=90#comment-54367 Good idea, Nate. I've been looking for this decision for an aprox a year. Finally I found it in your page. Thank you a lot. Good idea, Nate. I’ve been looking for this decision for an aprox a year. Finally I found it in your page. Thank you a lot.

]]> By: Webdesigner http://web-graphics.com/2008/11/05/testing-ie-locally-on-mac-with-mamp-pro-and-parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-52808 Webdesigner Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:21:30 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/?p=90#comment-52808 Nice article, Nate. By the way, if you think IE6 is the worst browser, you should have a go at IE5 for Mac ;-) Nice article, Nate. By the way, if you think IE6 is the worst browser, you should have a go at IE5 for Mac ;-)

]]> By: Federico Holgado http://web-graphics.com/2008/11/05/testing-ie-locally-on-mac-with-mamp-pro-and-parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-52282 Federico Holgado Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:19:14 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/?p=90#comment-52282 It sounds like you guys are really going crazy over this! Here is my solution... Every Mac can be accessed on your network by it's computer name. Mine is fholgado.local. This can be checked and changed if needed under your Sharing Preference Pane in System Preferences. I set up Parallels Network adapter to be on "Bridged" mode, which states that it will make the Virtual Machine appear as it's own IP on your network. All that is left to do is just access your site from the Windows machine, just the same way you could access it from your Mac. For example, using XAMPP I can access my sites like this from my Mac or anywhere else on the network: http://fholgado.local/sites/fholgado/index.php The nice thing about this is that you don't have to worry about your IP changing through DHCP. More advanced settings such as multiple sites can be configured with ports like the article mentions. Does this make sense? It sounds like you guys are really going crazy over this! Here is my solution…

Every Mac can be accessed on your network by it’s computer name. Mine is fholgado.local. This can be checked and changed if needed under your Sharing Preference Pane in System Preferences.

I set up Parallels Network adapter to be on “Bridged” mode, which states that it will make the Virtual Machine appear as it’s own IP on your network.

All that is left to do is just access your site from the Windows machine, just the same way you could access it from your Mac.

For example, using XAMPP I can access my sites like this from my Mac or anywhere else on the network:

http://fholgado.local/sites/fholgado/index.php

The nice thing about this is that you don’t have to worry about your IP changing through DHCP.

More advanced settings such as multiple sites can be configured with ports like the article mentions.

Does this make sense?

]]> By: Randy http://web-graphics.com/2008/11/05/testing-ie-locally-on-mac-with-mamp-pro-and-parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-52225 Randy Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:05:37 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/?p=90#comment-52225 Thanks a bunch, been trying to think about getting this to work for sometime but without Parallels. This helped me display an intranet website within my business. Thanks a bunch, been trying to think about getting this to work for sometime but without Parallels. This helped me display an intranet website within my business.

]]> By: steph http://web-graphics.com/2008/11/05/testing-ie-locally-on-mac-with-mamp-pro-and-parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-51669 steph Thu, 21 May 2009 22:11:44 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/?p=90#comment-51669 Nate, Wonderful! The shortest and clearer way to make it work! (windows xp + parallels 4). Took me 10 minutes, so that was perfect. Nate,

Wonderful! The shortest and clearer way to make it work! (windows xp + parallels 4). Took me 10 minutes, so that was perfect.

]]> By: Adam http://web-graphics.com/2008/11/05/testing-ie-locally-on-mac-with-mamp-pro-and-parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-49594 Adam Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:34:58 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/?p=90#comment-49594 Nice one Nate, after trawling the net all evening and coming across some ugly hacks for this setup I found this here excellent tut thank God! Worked like a charm! Cheers! Nice one Nate, after trawling the net all evening and coming across some ugly hacks for this setup I found this here excellent tut thank God!

Worked like a charm!
Cheers!

]]> By: Otto http://web-graphics.com/2008/11/05/testing-ie-locally-on-mac-with-mamp-pro-and-parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-49281 Otto Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:08:27 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/?p=90#comment-49281 I had not rest things properly - SORRY for the above post. It does work. It would be nicer to be able to use the local name resolution like you can on the mac side. I had that setup working by adding the virtual hosts to the Win XP hosts file and using the Mac IP address i.e http://10.1.1.4:8888/mysite/index.php This way it was easier to tell dev sites appart rather than by a list of ports. The above methid sort of works but now does not aliasing directories in Parallels unless all paths have "/" removed. I had not rest things properly – SORRY for the above post.
It does work.

It would be nicer to be able to use the local name resolution like you can on the mac side.
I had that setup working by adding the virtual hosts to the Win XP hosts file and using the Mac IP address i.e http://10.1.1.4:8888/mysite/index.php
This way it was easier to tell dev sites appart rather than by a list of ports.
The above methid sort of works but now does not aliasing directories in Parallels unless all paths have “/” removed.

]]> By: Otto http://web-graphics.com/2008/11/05/testing-ie-locally-on-mac-with-mamp-pro-and-parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-49280 Otto Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:41:34 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/?p=90#comment-49280 Didn't work for me either. IE in XP could not even find the Virtual server. Didn’t work for me either.
IE in XP could not even find the Virtual server.

]]> By: Beto http://web-graphics.com/2008/11/05/testing-ie-locally-on-mac-with-mamp-pro-and-parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-44547 Beto Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:20:53 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/?p=90#comment-44547 I've follow your indications and It doesn't work for me, I suppose I did something wrong. My Parallels is Versión 3. I configured its Network Adapther as Shared Networking. I created a new network connection in Mac with an Ip address witch I added as an alias in MAMP Pro. When I browse the ip address + port in Parallels it doesn't find the web page. I tryed to configure the Parallels Network Adapther with the Ip address I gave in Mac and even with DHCP but still doesn't work. Any idea? Thanks I’ve follow your indications and It doesn’t work for me, I suppose I did something wrong.
My Parallels is Versión 3. I configured its Network Adapther as Shared Networking. I created a new network connection in Mac with an Ip address witch I added as an alias in MAMP Pro.
When I browse the ip address + port in Parallels it doesn’t find the web page.
I tryed to configure the Parallels Network Adapther with the Ip address I gave in Mac and even with DHCP but still doesn’t work.

Any idea?
Thanks

]]> By: Nate Steiner http://web-graphics.com/2008/11/05/testing-ie-locally-on-mac-with-mamp-pro-and-parallels/comment-page-1/#comment-44516 Nate Steiner Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:04:38 +0000 http://web-graphics.com/?p=90#comment-44516 Ok! update for Parallels 4.0 has been tacked on to the end of this post. Ok! update for Parallels 4.0 has been tacked on to the end of this post.

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