How to get Java 64-bit?

Thanks, baltwo.

I downloaded and installed that update, but I still don't see the 64-bit Java in the Java Preferences.

Any other suggestions?

Ouch. How Windows-like. 😟

I don't suppose there's a way to just uninstall the Java run-time environment, and then re-install without going thru the whole OS exercise?

You're right, of course.

So, here's my situation. I've installed a network backup client (Connected for Macintosh) and I get a Java error when I try to run it. Their tech support said first that it didn't work because I only had the 32-bit component of J2SE 6. So I went to another Snow Leopard machine, fresh out of the box, that had both 32-bit and 64-bit components of J2SE 6. Still didn't work. Now they're saying it's because version 6 is not supported by their client, and I need J2SE 5.

I tried installing various of the downloads available on the Apple servers, and all except the J2SE 6 versions said they couldn't install on Snow Leopard.

So my question has now become: is there a way to install J2SE 5 in Snow Leopard?

The problem app is Iron Mountain's Connected Backup.

Really! And we're paying for this? Go figure.

I'll give the oneswarm bit a try and let you know how it goes.

Thanks, again.

Tried oneswarm's directions on two systems. The results, according to what shows in Java Preferences, looked promising, in that all the versions of J2SE 5 and 6 appear.

This is not something I would want to have to tell paying customers to do, even if it worked, which, in the end, it didn't.

Back in the vendor's court.

Stay tuned.

This is a solution we've used for years with Windows boxes. They only recently announced Mac support. We're predominantly Windows, with a few Macs interspersed here and there. Long story short, new IT management is stirring things up. A lot. This is one of the items getting stirred: backup for the few Macs in upper management of the university.