On April 23, 1996, the final version was released. It was available for both 68k and PowerPC-based Macs running System 7.0.1 or later, and included support for the embedding of multiple multimedia formats into web pages, such as AVI and QuickTime formatted video and AIFF and WAV formatted audio. This version was based on Spyglass Mosaic, a web browser licensed from Spyglass. The first version of IE for Mac OS was a beta version of Internet Explorer 2.0 for Macintosh, released on Januas a free download from Microsoft's website. Internet Explorer 2.0 for Macintosh See also: Internet Explorer 2 Versions of IE for Mac typically lagged months, sometimes a year behind Windows version despite this, some unique features were added, such as the Tasman layout engine. Versions of Internet Explorer for Mac were released starting with version 2 on Apto version 5, which received its last updated on June 16, 2003.

Microsoft discontinued support for the browser on Decemand 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 April 29, 2005. On June 13, 2003, Microsoft announced that it was ceasing further development of Internet Explorer for Mac, with the final update being released on July 11, 2003. and Microsoft in 1997, it was the default browser on Mac OS and OS X from 1998 until 2003 when it was superseded by Safari with the release of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther. Later versions, particularly with the release of version 5 which included the Tasman layout engine.Īs a result of the five-year agreement between Apple Inc. Initial versions were developed from the same code 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.

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