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java problem after update 2012-006

Hi,


Today was update 2012-006 concerning java. It deinstalls java 6 from your mac. If you want java, you get it from java.com. This is a java 7 version.


but help: I want to go back!

there are some web-apps that do not work with this new java-version. Downgrading is not possible, becauase java 6 is only available through mac update itself. And if I want to install this again, it says that a newer version is already installed.


can anybody hellp me out?

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 17, 2012 5:51 AM

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Oct 17, 2012 6:24 AM in response to ajschol

Today was update 2012-006 concerning java. It deinstalls java 6 from your mac.


That is not actually correct, according to Apple's documentation of Java for OS X 2012-006:


https://support.apple.com/kb/HT5549


It should update Java to 1.6.0_37, which is still Java 6. (Java 7 is 1.7.x.) However, Apple has changed the way Java works. The system now disabled Java by default, and if you turn Java back on, the system will disable it again if you don't use it for a certain period of time. It's also possible that the system will disable Java every time there's an update. (I'm not sure about that, as I don't have Java installed myself, for security reasons.)


For more information about this, including how to re-enable Java, see Using Java in Mac OS X. You should note, though, that enabling Java in your web browser has become a very risky proposition... Java has more holes in it than Swiss cheese!

Oct 17, 2012 7:28 AM in response to ajschol

I have the same issue. I installed the java update today and several websites that I use for work will no longer load. When I go to the utilities folder to enable java, the java preferences app is not there. Where is it? How do I enable java? I have looked online for answers and everything points to that Java Pref app, which I seem to no longer have?

Oct 17, 2012 7:59 AM in response to HStokes

Okay, looks like I have to make a correction. Apparently, Apple has done two new things with this update, according to:


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5493


First, they have removed the Java plug-in from Safari, so you will have to download it. See the instructions in that article.


Second, they removed the Java Preferences app. The support article is sparse on details, and I don't have Java installed anymore myself, but I wonder if Java 6 is now using the same pane added to System Preferences as Java 7. Do you see anything for Java settings there?

Oct 17, 2012 8:04 AM in response to thomas_r.

I see no Java anything in my system preferences. I'm starting to wonder if I even have java anymore? I found a log to try and determine what version I downloaded, and this is all I have;


"PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Library/Updates/041-7414/JavaEssentials.pkg>",

"PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Library/Updates/041-7414/JavaForOSX.pkg>",

"PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Library/Updates/041-7414/JavaSecurity.pkg>",

"PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Library/Updates/041-7414/JavaMDNS.pkg>"


Not sure if that helps anything.

java problem after update 2012-006

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