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OK, now I've got a pretty solid IE test setup, how do I go about testing Mac browsers (eg Safari) without a Mac? AFAIK the Mac OS X license says it can't be virtualized under non-Mac hardware. It looks like the only options are to use remote testing services, buy Apple hardware or illegally use Mac on a non-Mac host.

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http://browserstack.com ?

I'm not affiliated with them or anything. Just started using last weekend and liked it a lot.

I use browserstack a fair bit already (and have used saucelabs in he past). These remote testing services are really great and cover 80% of my testing needs. However what they don't do is let you get a true feel for what it's like for an end user to interact with the site due to the latency. This becomes more apparent with interactive web apps.

https://saucelabs.com/

Without a mac, you have no choice but something like BrowserStack

However, when you cave... I test OSX with VMWare following this guide:

http://www.souldevteam.net/blog/2013/03/22/os-x-mountain-lio...

If Apple won't let you easy/chip to test on their browser, then just don't do it. Place a big red "please upgrade to modern browser" banner and be done with that. Of course, if client wants to sponsor testing, he can do it at his own will.

Yep, it would really be great if there was something similar to this for Safari on OSX.

Going down the Apple hardware route it looks like a Mac Mini is the cheapest option. Unless the Mac OS X licence doesn't prohibit running it on Apple TV somehow.

Apple TV is iOS, not OS X.

Yes, but it's still Apple hardware and a quick Google shows that it may be possible to install Mac OS X on it.

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