If you run Snow Leopard, things are pretty straight forward. I’m only going back as for as 10.6 Snow Leopard as over 90% of users are using at least this version. To help makes sense of this, I’ve listed the latest Mac OS X operating systems, including which versions of Java can run on it, and how to update it. ![]() Apple’s transitions coincides with the release of Java 7, which is currently the most recent major version of Java. Prior to Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion), Java was automatically included with the OS, and updates to it, were included in the regular OS updates. Most of this confusion comes from Apple’s transitioning away from being responsible for providing and distributing Java with its Operating System. This has left a lot of computer users wondering whether they have Java on their computer, which version they might have, and which version should they have.įor Windows users, this is fairly straight forward, the best recommendation, is to install the most recent version of Java (currently Java 7, update 11) which can be downloaded from Oracle’s Java Downloads for all Operating Systems.įor users of Mac OS X, things get more confusing. A major security flaw was found in the Java browser plugin, and a fix has subsequently been released by Oracle. Java has been in the news a lot in the past few days, and not for good reasons. ![]() ![]() How does Java Security Flaw affect Desktop Applications This is a follow up to another Blog post I made:
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