Install Java 6 on Mac OS X Leopard. Java 6 is installed, else upgrade your system. Note that Java SE 6 won’t appear for users on 32-bit Intel machines (Intel Core and Intel Core Duo) even if their systems are fully up to date. Even though Java 6 is installed, Java 5 is still used by Mac OS X. You have to activate Java 6.
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If, after installing Java for OS X 2014-001 and the latest version of Java 7 from Oracle, you want to disable Java 7 and re-enable the Apple-provided Java SE 6 web plug-in and Web Start functionality, follow these steps.
Note: You must be logged in as an administrator. If prompted for your administrator password after a command, enter it and then press the Return or Enter key.
- Open Terminal, located in the Utilities folder.
- Enter this command, then press the Return or Enter key:
- Enter this command, then press the Return or Enter key:
- Enter this command, then press the Return or Enter key:
- To re-enable Java SE 6 Web Start, enter this command, then press the Return or Enter key:
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The following steps will undo the above commands and restore Java 7 in OS X Lion and later.
- Disable Java SE 6 Web Start opening:
- Enter this command, then press the Return or Enter key:
- When prompted, enter your administrator password, then press the Return or Enter key.
- Re-enable the Java 7 applet plug-in bydownloading and reinstalling the latest version of Oracle Java 7 JRE.
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Java for macOS 2017-001 installs the legacy Java 6 runtime for macOS 10.13 High Sierra, macOS 10.12 Sierra, macOS 10.11 El Capitan, macOS 10.10 Yosemite, macOS 10.9 Mavericks, macOS 10.8 Mountain Lion, and macOS 10.7 Lion.
This package is exclusively intended for support of legacy software and installs the same deprecated version of Java 6 included in the 2015-001, 2014-001, and 2013-005 releases.
Quit any Java applications before installing this update.
See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6133 for more details about this update.
See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 for information about the security content of this update.
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