The Java 6 downgrade workaround not working anymore?

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The Java 6 downgrade workaround not working anymore?

I have Mountain Lion installed. I followed the above article a couple of weeks back, and successfully downgraded from 7 to 6 (I needed it as I use Google Chrome - don't tell me I should use Safari, I know Java 7 works there but that's not the point).

Today I tried my javaapplet (online banking) and only saw a grey window, not even a "pluging missing" or anything. When I visit http://javatester.org/version.html I can see nothing. I tried the above article again, still nothing (note: I do restart Chrome every time and have no other browsers open).

Seems I'll have to upgrade to 7 and use Safari instead...? Do you guys experience the same? Does anyone happen to have a solution?

Thanks a lot in advance.

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Feb 7, 2013 12:08 AM

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benomatis Author

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Feb 7, 2013 12:26 AM in response to benomatis

Just to be sure, I've also restarted, still no solution.

Obviously everything works perfectly when I use Safari and Java 7 (just tested).

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

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MadMacs0

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Feb 7, 2013 2:06 AM in response to benomatis

benomatis wrote:

I have Mountain Lion installed. I followed the above article a couple of weeks back, and successfully downgraded from 7 to 6

Java 6 has been disabled by Apple for almost a week now and they have not announced any plans to update it for Lion / Mountain Lion users. A lot of users have complained, but only time will tell if they will react to that.

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benomatis Author

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Feb 7, 2013 4:06 AM in response to MadMacs0

wow, didn't know. so searched with different keywords and found this: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4762493 - it appears there is a workaround, although not perfect.

thanks a lot

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