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Q: Annoying nag to install Java

I upgraded to Sierra last night.  Now I'm getting a persistent nag to install Java runtime.  I don't want to install it.  How do I get rid of the nag?

Posted on Oct 2, 2016 1:08 PM

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  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Oct 10, 2016 7:29 PM in response to ShrinkRap
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    Oct 10, 2016 7:29 PM in response to ShrinkRap

    ShrinkRap wrote:

     

    Thanks for this suggestion.  I did have a number of old Adobe apps on my computer.  I trashed them all plus went into the systems files and trashed everything I could find that had Adobe as part of the name.

    That's not how you do it, and it is quite possible you missed something. Use Adobe's uninstaller for those things.

     

    There is also some Facebook video chat something-or-other that requires Apple's Legacy Java 6.

  • by ShrinkRap,

    ShrinkRap ShrinkRap Oct 11, 2016 10:47 AM in response to Barney-15E
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    Oct 11, 2016 10:47 AM in response to Barney-15E

    Thanks, Barney,

     

    Can you send a link for that Adobe Uninstaller?

     

    David

  • by ShrinkRap,

    ShrinkRap ShrinkRap Oct 11, 2016 8:31 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Oct 11, 2016 8:31 PM in response to Barney-15E

    Thanks.  I think I've finally got that Java nag to stop.  I did trash all my old Adobe apps and all the references I could find to Java and Adobe components in my system files.  I then installed the Apple Java from Download Java for OS X 2015-001

     

    That seems to have finally done the trick.  Thanks for your suggestions.

  • by Barney-15E,Solvedanswer

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Oct 13, 2016 11:02 AM in response to ShrinkRap
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    Oct 13, 2016 11:02 AM in response to ShrinkRap

    ShrinkRap wrote:

     

    Thanks.  I think I've finally got that Java nag to stop.  I did trash all my old Adobe apps and all the references I could find to Java and Adobe components in my system files.  I then installed the Apple Java from Download Java for OS X 2015-001

     

    That seems to have finally done the trick.  Thanks for your suggestions.

    If you removed all the apps that are trying to use Java, you don't need Java installed. The nag wasn't caused by the OS but by the apps. macOS and OS X have no use for Java, so the nag isn't caused by the OS itself.

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