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Old 10-20-2009, 06:48 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by dickon25 View Post
No, but you need it to download .lit files. I normally use Mozilla Firefox but have to close it and run Internet Explorer when I want to download. I wondered how I would do this if I had a Mac?
That would really depend on where you are getting your LIT files from and why / how they are blocking other browsers. I know that Fictionwise sells LIT books and they can be downloaded with non-IE browsers just fine.

The first thing to try is the User Agent Switcher extension. If that doesn't work and say they are using an Active X download manager (only works on IE) then there are a few other things you can try. You could try running IE in either WINE or CrossOver Mac. One other option is to run Windows and thus IE in a virtual machine. Parallels and VMWare Fusion are two popular pay solutions and VirutalBox is a great free one. I know Parallels and VMWare Fusion allow you to run Windows applications seamlessly, meaning they show up as a window on just like any other OS X app but I'm not sure if VirtualBox supports this.
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