Q: Java too new?

You can try to install the latest version of Java. If it will not work try to remove your game and install it again. It May help!!

Sounds like Minecraft needs a 32-bit Java. Everything after 6 has been 64-bit only.

That’s the only thing I can think of for that specific requirement.

Did you go to the More Info… link and follow the process? I don’t know if it works in Yosemite, though.

No worries. Minecraft runs on Java, either 32 or 64 bit. If you click on the "More Info..." button it will take you to the Apple webpage from which you can download the last version of Java that Apple provided directly. This a version of Java 6, specifically 1.6.0_65, a 64 bit version. Minecraft runs fine on it. If you like, you could instead go to https://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp and download the latest version of Java 8 from there. Apple got out of providing new Java versions a while ago and now the latest and greatest is provided by Oracle via the java.com website.

FYI, I am running the Apple version of Java 6 on Yosemite. Minecraft runs as well as it ever did. An important point, the Apple version by default does not run applets in the browser, which is a huge security win. Unless you absolutely need Java in a browser for a specific website that requires it, such as remotely connecting to a corporate desktop, one should never have Java available to run in a browser. Apple's version of Java 6 is disabled in a browser by default. Not sure about Oracle's version, although the browser plugin can always be disables after installation.

Hi,

We originally followed the links from the pop-up and all worked, I then tried going directly to Java web site and downloaded version 8, this fixed it too. I presume it is probably better to have the latest supported rather than the legacy version. We put a video on Youtube explaining the original way to fix it.

I just installed Yosemite myself and was getting the same Java error message.  So I went to the Oracle Java website, downloaded and installed Java 8, and am STILL getting the exact same error message every time I boot up my system!  Any suggestions?

No! Do not download Java 8...it is not running properly on Yosemite.

Sigh ..... too late!  I already downloaded and installed Java 8 on my iMac.  Other than the pop-up message I get telling me to get Java 8 and install it (even though I did, it's on there now, and I can verify that it is on there) when booting up my computer, it doesn't seem to be affecting anything else on the computer. So I guess I can live with just clicking on the "OK" button whenever I boot up and have the pop-up disappear until they can get this fixed.

Bryan E. Thompson wrote:

 

Whoops. Yes, this did fix the problem, but why was it necessary in the first place? Shouldn't 10.10 have come with the latest version of JAVA already, or is it that it did not come with any version of JAVA?

OS X stopped including Java as standard when Mavericks was launched, similarly it no longer comes with Flash installed as standard or for that matter X11. Java would also have to be installed again after either upgrading to Mavericks or Yosemite from a previous OS X generation - even if Java had been previously installed.

As rumpledoll mentioned Apple's Java 1.6 does not include web-browser Java applet support but Oracle's 1.7 and 1.8 do. Sadly far too many corporate packages need Java such as Cisco Webex, most if not all SSL VPN clients, and even Symantec Endpoint Protection. (The absurdity of an anti-malware package requiring the infamously insecure installation of Java boggles the mind.)