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Q: Java SE 6 on Yosemite?

I just updated my mac to Yosemite and the following message keeps popping up "To open 'this Java application' you need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime." No matter if I click "ok" or "More Info..." (the only two options) it keeps coming up. Is there some way I can find out what app is triggering the message or fix the issue?

Posted on Oct 16, 2014 6:11 PM

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Q: Java SE 6 on Yosemite?

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  • by tomar012,

    tomar012 tomar012 Feb 21, 2015 10:04 AM in response to doughboy04690
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    Feb 21, 2015 10:04 AM in response to doughboy04690

    I'm still confused about security.  Is Java 6 safe to use if the browser plugin is disabled?

  • by Kurt Lang,

    Kurt Lang Kurt Lang Feb 21, 2015 10:18 AM in response to tomar012
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    Feb 21, 2015 10:18 AM in response to tomar012

    Java 6 isn't allowed by the OS to connect to your web browsers at all. So yes, it's safe. Only your local apps on the hard drive which require it to run will use it.

     

    If you install Oracle's Java 8, it automatically enables Java for the web for that version of Java. Apple's Java 6 always remains unattached to your browser. If you have apps which require a newer version than Java 6 to run, the after installing Java 8, immediately go to the System Preferences, click the Java icon and disable it for the web (top check box).

     

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  • by JRG Indy,

    JRG Indy JRG Indy Feb 21, 2015 1:25 PM in response to doughboy04690
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    Feb 21, 2015 1:25 PM in response to doughboy04690

    The following solution is perfect.  It allows me to:

    • NOT install the outdated Java SE 6
    • Keep the current, most secure version of Java (version 8 at this time)
    • Run Adobe Illustrator CS6 on Yosemite

     

    I found the solution in Adobe's forums: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1706469

     

    THIS WORKED FOR ME RATHER EFFORTLESSLY (installed the latest Java from Oracle and running the 2 terminal codes) from Kals #7:

     

    Why not install the latest version of Java from Oracle (currently Java 8) and try the solution I linked to? You can create the folders manually in the Finder, or just copy and paste the following commands into the Terminal (one at a time of course) to create them automatically:

     

    sudo mkdir -p /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk

    sudo mkdir -p /System/Library/Java/Support/Deploy.bundle

  • by artbypreciousmurphy,

    artbypreciousmurphy artbypreciousmurphy Feb 21, 2015 3:14 PM in response to doughboy04690
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    Feb 21, 2015 3:14 PM in response to doughboy04690

    This link totally helped me. Thanks a million

  • by Kalsta,

    Kalsta Kalsta Feb 21, 2015 4:19 PM in response to JRG Indy
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    Feb 21, 2015 4:19 PM in response to JRG Indy

    JRG Indy: :-D You found a quote of a quote of mine and quoted it back here where I've been evangelising that method till I'm blue in the face. (Now buried on previous pages again.) At least the word is getting out there slowly! Glad it helped you as it did me.

  • by JRG Indy,

    JRG Indy JRG Indy Feb 21, 2015 6:04 PM in response to Kalsta
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    Feb 21, 2015 6:04 PM in response to Kalsta

    Kalsta:

    In that case, thanks for your help across both forums.

    I am so glad to have the Apple Edition of Java fully behind me.  Plus, this saved me a $240/year Adobe CC subscription that I don't need.

  • by bobbymcdigital,

    bobbymcdigital bobbymcdigital Feb 21, 2015 7:30 PM in response to JRG Indy
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    Feb 21, 2015 7:30 PM in response to JRG Indy

    This above solution from JRG Indy worked for me, thank you!

  • by andimora,

    andimora andimora Feb 23, 2015 2:09 PM in response to TomNYC
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    Feb 23, 2015 2:09 PM in response to TomNYC

    Thank you, this solved the same problem on my MAC

  • by FiNa4Ever,

    FiNa4Ever FiNa4Ever Feb 24, 2015 7:37 PM in response to TomNYC
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    Feb 24, 2015 7:37 PM in response to TomNYC

    Thank you TomNYC! problem fixed immediately. That link worked wonders.

  • by asankey,

    asankey asankey Feb 27, 2015 10:53 AM in response to GreenNetizen
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    Feb 27, 2015 10:53 AM in response to GreenNetizen

    Thanks, GreenNetizen and others. I had the same issue trying to open Maple after installing Yosemite.  The older version of Java fixed the problem.

  • by jdnetter,

    jdnetter jdnetter Feb 27, 2015 5:11 PM in response to doughboy04690
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    Feb 27, 2015 5:11 PM in response to doughboy04690

    This solved my problem as well.

  • by amacker,

    amacker amacker Feb 28, 2015 1:12 PM in response to jdnetter
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    Feb 28, 2015 1:12 PM in response to jdnetter

    I just had this issue and went thru Apple Support... took 45 min to find someone who knew what i was talking about.

     

    Here's the new link with the old Java install. Apparently this one leaves BOTH the new version of Java and the old one needed to run Illustrator and Photoshop CS6 under OSX Yosemite.

     

    Java for OS X 2014-001

  • by prokrasta,

    prokrasta prokrasta Mar 1, 2015 8:02 AM in response to TomNYC
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    Mar 1, 2015 8:02 AM in response to TomNYC

    Thanks for the link. It worked like a charm. Woot!

  • by demetriusPop,

    demetriusPop demetriusPop Mar 7, 2015 8:04 AM in response to doughboy04690
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    Mar 7, 2015 8:04 AM in response to doughboy04690

    Photoshop cs5 works now for me too on macbook pro 2008 w/ Yosemite. However, now I seem to be getting intermittent connectivity. I have java 8.1 installed as recommended. If I restart the mac, then internet connects, and there doesn't seem to be any issues. Put in sleep mode, come back later, and it doesn't connect. Although, the mac shows that I am connected to internet with full power. Still, the webpages say they can't connect. Was wondering if you had run into this after you installed photoshop and its java dependency?

  • by mccormry,

    mccormry mccormry Mar 9, 2015 9:55 AM in response to JRG Indy
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    Mar 9, 2015 9:55 AM in response to JRG Indy

    Hi JRG Indy and Kalsta and everyone else who has tried to be helpful on this thread -

     

    I recently did a clean install of Yosemite and am in the process of trying to get Adobe CS6 (largely for Illustrator) up and running for my husband.  We are aware of the Java issue and I want to install the correct Java and ideally only once. 

     

    You both seem to have an understanding of the situation and be prompting the same solution.  Thanks for the help!  However, can you please translate for those of us that are less familiar with programming?  I have enough comfort with our computer to take on a clean install and perform some basic terminal edits (e.g., following detailed directions to make a jump drive a boot drive for the os install), but then run out of experience and comfort quickly.  I would appreciate if you could tell me if I have this right.

     

    Based on my reading throughout these forums (having encountered several takes on the situation), I understand (perhaps erroneously) the following instructions.

    1. Install Java SE6 though the apple 2014-001 link, be done with it, and don't worry about the security because Apple prevents Java 6 from running on Safari and it will only run locally.  Downside: old software so you will likely never get updates (if they are needed) and you may need Java 8 anyway for other things.

    2. Install Java 8 since it is the most recent, should be the most secure, and is likely to be updated (automatically or is that a pipe dream? If so, by Oracle/java or by apple?).  Point applications that need Java to 8 instead of SE6.  Disable website access in system preferences.  Downside: have to be comfortable enough with terminal edits to do it correctly. 

    3. Growl a little at the company of your choice for not playing nicely together in the first place.

     

    I decided I would be brave and try the Java 8 route since all this effort for dated software doesn't make too much sense to me, but then followed the link to encounter this warning on the Dowling site:  "I went to the Oracle Java downloads page and downloaded JDK 8 (if you do not know the difference between JDK and JRE, you should get the JRE version)."


    As I had seen a warning somewhere else in the forum to make sure to use the JDK version for this work around to be successful, my courage vanished as I will freely admit I do not appreciate the difference (btw is jdk the same as Java Platform (JDK) 8u40?) and that the terminal edits scare me a little.   They don't really seem that hard, but I clearly don't completely understand what I am doing and not sure the directions are meant for my level of ignorance.


    What do you suggest?  Are there assumptions in the Dowling directions of which it seems I would be ignorant? 


    Thank you (and anyone else who could shed some light on this)!!



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