Version 2.1 released in August of the same year, was mostly aimed at fixed bugs and improving stability, but also added a few features such as support for the NPAPI (the first version of Internet Explorer on any platform to do so) and support for QuickTime VR. The final version was released three months later on April 23. Available for both 68k and PPC based Macs running System 7.0.1 or later, it supported the embedding of a number of multimedia formats into web pages, including AVI and QuickTime formatted video and AIFF and WAV formatted audio. This first version was based on the Spyglass Mosaic web browser licensed from Spyglass. The first version of Internet Explorer for the Macintosh operating system was a beta version of Internet Explorer 2.0 for Macintosh, released on Januas a free download from Microsoft's website.

IE versions for Mac typically lagged several months to a year behind Windows versions, but included some unique developments, including its own layout engine, called Tasman. Versions of Internet Explorer for Macintosh were released starting with version 2 in 1996, to version 5 which received its last patch in 2003. A Microsoft browser would not return to the macOS platform until Microsoft Edge in 2019. Microsoft recommended 'that users migrate to more recent web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari.' An archived version of the download is available on, but only works on Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier versions, because of the discontinuation of Rosetta. Microsoft stopped releases for the product on Decemand they removed the application from their Macintosh downloads site on January 31, 2006. The browser was not included in the default installation of Mac OS X 10.4 'Tiger' which was released on April 29, 2005. On June 13, 2003, Microsoft announced that it was ceasing further development of Internet Explorer for Mac and the final update was released on July 11, 2003. Later versions diverged, particularly with the release of version 5, which included the cutting-edge, fault-tolerant and highly standards-compliant Tasman layout engine.Īs a result of the five-year agreement between Apple and Microsoft in 1997, it was the default browser on the classic Mac OS and Mac OS X from 1998 until it was superseded by Apple's own Safari web browser in 2003 with the release of Mac OS X 10.3 'Panther'. Initial versions were developed from the same code base as Internet Explorer for Windows. Internet Explorer for Mac (also referred to as Internet Explorer for Macintosh, Internet Explorer Macintosh Edition, Internet Explorer:mac or IE:mac) was a proprietary web browser developed by Microsoft for the Macintosh platform to browse web pages. mac /products /internetexplorer /internetexplorer.

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