Enable Oracle Java

System Preferences > Java > Java COntrol Panel > Security, Enable Java in web browser.

What version of Java are you running?

You can't do it with that version. If you really NEED to run Java, DL Oracle Java 7_10 but understand there are troubling vulnerabilites.

I think that may be the case. When I go to Java test site with Java 7_10 I get the same "blocked plug-in" message. However that doesn't seem to effect DLing .jnlp files, which is all I use it for.

You could give the updated version a try but that is still a beta.

Save the text below as enableJava6.sh in plain text format.

Open a terminal and run the command. That will reactivate the old plugin and should work fine. Credit due to Rich Trouton.

#!/bin/sh

# Checks for backup directory for Java 7 plug-in

# and creates it if needed.

if [ -d "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled)" ]; then

echo "Backup Directory Found"

else

mkdir "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled)"

chown -R root:wheel "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled)"

fi

# If a previous version of the Java 7 plug-in is already

# in the backup directory, the previously backed up Java 7

# plug-in is removed.

if [ -d "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled)/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin" ]; then

rm -rf "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled)/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin"

fi

# Moves current Java 7 plug-in to the backup directory

if [ -d "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin" ]; then

mv "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin" "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins (Disabled)/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin"

fi

# Create symlink to the Apple Java 6 plug-in in

# /Library/Internet Plug-Ins

ln -sf /System/Library/Java/Support/Deploy.bundle/Contents/Resources/JavaPlugin2_NPAPI .plugin "/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin"

# Re-enable Java SE 6 Web Start, which allows Java

# applets to run in web browsers

ln -sf /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Commands/javaws /usr/bin/javaws

Thanks for the info, but could you give some smore direction to those of us who are less knowledgeable about computer commands? I'm having the same issue with Java. It says I have 1.7.0.10 in Firefox, but Safari keeps telling me my Java is out of date. It's enabled everywhere (system preferences, safari preferences, etc). I saved the above text as a text document, and I can open Terminal, but what does "run the command" mean? How do I do that? What do I type into terminal?

Thanks.

You cannot run Java 7 in Safari right now, period. There is a huge security issue with build 18 which is actively being exploited in the wild. You'll need to wait for build 19, when Oracle releases that.

You can go back to Java 1.6 that Fl_MacTech notes. But you won't be able to use Java 7 in Safari right now. And there's a reason for that.

Daniel Lins wrote:

Thanks for the info, but could you give some smore direction to those of us who are less knowledgeable about computer commands? I'm having the same issue with Java. It says I have 1.7.0.10 in Firefox, but Safari keeps telling me my Java is out of date. It's enabled everywhere (system preferences, safari preferences, etc). I saved the above text as a text document, and I can open Terminal, but what does "run the command" mean? How do I do that? What do I type into terminal?

Thanks.

I'll let the shell scripter answer those questions.

While you have the current version of Java, all Java is blocked by XProtect because Java is as about as secure as Adobe apps. When Oracle releases a patch for the flaw, and Apple gets around to unblocking that patched version, it will be available again. I have no idea if the above script will get around XProtect or not.

Found another solution that seems to work also. A few terminal commands that can be copied and pasted. They get Safari to use Java 6 instead of blocking Java 7. Worked on my computer, as well as my wife's. Instructions are at:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5559

Java 7_11 available now.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre7-downloads-1880261.h tml