Java Update Notifications. Are They Legit?

Java is not installed with OS X. You can download and install this: Apple Java 2014-001.

System Preferences/Java/Updates - check to see if Automatic check for updates is selected and then check now.

Kappy wrote:

Java is not installed with OS X.

Hate being pedantic, but that's just not so. Java's installed. What's missing is the Java Runtime Environment component.

baltwo wrote:

Kappy wrote:

Java is not installed with OS X.

Hate being pedantic, but that's just not so. Java's installed. What's missing is the Java Runtime Environment component.

Being that the JRE is thing thing that puts the Java in Java, it’s not pedantic. It’s something else entirely.

I think the OP knows what I'm referring to, not to be pedantic. 😁

I doubt it. I don’t even think you know.

No, the JRE is what allows Java to work in browsers and some apps, but it might not be required for other things Java.

baltwo wrote:

No, the JRE is what allows Java to work in browsers and some apps, but it might not be required for other things Java.

No, the JRE or JVM is the interpreter. From the JVM Specification, "The Java Virtual Machine is the cornerstone of the Java platform.” https://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se7/html/jvms-1.html#jvms-1.1

A JRE is the interpreter designed for embedded devices. It doesn’t have the application development environment or the hooks to the native host OS.

Without that, there is no Java installed. With it, you have Java; without it, you have a dead Framework.

The salient point is that all of Java's components, except the JRE, are installed, so saying Java's not installed is misleading and thus my comment.

baltwo wrote:

The salient point is that all of Java's components, except the JRE, are installed, so saying Java's not installed is misleading and thus my comment.

Please post a link to a video showing a Java program running on your Mac without installing a JRE/JVM.

It does come installed just not the older Java 6 SE required for most older apps.