After installing "Java for OS X 2013-004" update, Java apps don't work anymore as expected.
Windows of Swing apps don't display all GUI elements.
After replacing System/Library/Java from a Time MAchine Backup, everything works normal again.
Is this update corrupted?
Java-OTHER, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), Java for OS X 2013-004
Java on Mac is an Apple "child". They decided to maintain it in house and disallowed SUN/Oracle (prior to Java 7) to do so. Java 6 is a part of OS X and supplied solely by Apple. So the fault is....
In the mean time, this one works for me.
http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/79489#answer_89503
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I agree with some comments on here that Java is basically a mess
in and of itself!
Been forced to use Java based applications over the years and found
more often then not, ANY Java update would break applications. This
has not been limited to just Mac platform, it happens on Windows and Linux
machines as well!
So, the ultimate fault lies in the miserable mess that is Java and its total
lack of backward compatibility!
I have the same problem, only difference is that I am running OS X 10.6.
There is an update that fixes the OS X 10.7 Java update (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572), but as far as I can tell there isn't a update available (yet) for any earlier versions 😟
Geneious indeed has been great and very fast in coming up with an update that fixes the issues caused by yesterdays Java update.
I have changed all my Java Swing Applications to make them run with the "Java for OS X 2013-004" update:
This solves the GUI problems if you are able to edit and compile the Java source:
Within the "main" class that contains:
public static void main(String[] args) { ... }
change this main function into
private static void createAndShowGUI(String[] args) { ... }
with main's function body.
Now add a new main function, as follows:
public static void main(final String[] args) { javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { createAndShowGUI(args); } }); }
For once, you're wrong ;-) http://lists.apple.com/archives/java-dev/2013/Jun/msg00055.html
If Apple's cache servers are still delivering the "M4508", use the following link to download the updated version (M4509): http://supportdownload.apple.com/download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Appl e_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/091-7278.20130621.Ts30t/JavaForOSX2013-004 .dmg
CU.
I was having trouble with a particular Java application before I installed the above Java update. It moved me from Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_51-b11-457-11M4508) to Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_51-b11-457-11M4509).
The application works now, but I still get these error messages in Console.app:
7/28/13 2:20:50.484 PM JavaApplicationStub: CGContextGetCTM: invalid context 0x0
7/28/13 2:20:50.484 PM JavaApplicationStub: CGContextSetBaseCTM: invalid context 0x0
(and there are more of these ...).
Does anyone know why?
Hi Nixwizard,
I was wondering if you are still having trouble with FigTree. Recent updates seem to have fixed all my phylogenetics stuff with geneious and dendoscope, but I recently tried to download FigTree and was unable to. I'm wondering if this is something other people are still seeing since the Java problem. Thanks!
Joanie
Everything is fine with FigTree 1.4.0 and my up-to-date OSX... (daily used)
CU
After installing "Java for OS X 2013-004" update, Java apps don't work anymore as expected
