Need legacy Java SE 6 runtime

You are absolutely correct. Apple doesn't offer the SDK—hasn't in many years—only the JRE. Since Oracle bought SUN, they can't.

The JRE meets the needs for those of us running Adobe CS5 & 6, Finale 2014.5, MasterWriter 2, SmartScore and many other 32bit apps that still run in High Sierra — if you have the JRE 6.

The 2015-001 installer works in OS 10.13 but not 10.13.1.

I must confess that I have never encountered a Mac app that required the SDK instead of the JRE, development tools excepted (the earlier post about LibreOffice is wrong on that point).

Blurb might want to consider updating to 64bit. As Apple has announced that OS 10.14 will drop 32 bit, it's way past time.

BTW, I was responding to the original post that began this thread.

Mmm ..you said "..Blurb might want to consider updating to 64bit. As Apple has announced that OS 10.14 will drop 32 bit, it's way past time.."

Yes, Blurb say they're working on it, and advise their users to NOT update to MacOS High Sierra yet, but to wait for Blurb's announcement of their updated app.

Hi David,

I was curious to see how different the new release may be, if at all. Turns out they're a lot different.

The previous release installed 111 MB of stuff in a combination of 1,383 files and folders all over creation. It was such a royal pain to remove manually (almost impossible since a lot of it was in hidden system folders), that about the only way to remove it was to reinstall the OS.

The new version installs 77 MB of stuff in a combination of 845 files and folders. A huge change is how easy it is to remove. You can simply go to the /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/ folder and toss the subfolder 1.6.0jdk in the trash. That's it. Gone.

Hi Kurt,

So the step is deleting Oracle's Java 7 or 8 using this command : sudo rm -fr /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

and then install Java SE 6 runtime through the Eric's link.

CMIIW.

Thanks 🙂

You can use that command if you wish, though it isn't necessary. Java 6 and Oracle's Java 8 can be on the system at the same time. I also posted manual removal instructions in this topic. All you need to do is dump the .plugin file, and the alias that points to the plugin in the PreferencePanes folder.

That sounds like you might have a problem somewhere on your mac, do you have other problems with downloading items or viewing items, are you using Safari. Is your mac up to date.

You can run this http://etrecheck.com/ it is often recommended here, the app gives a snapshot of what is running on your mac, once you run it a report is generated which you can post back here, no personal information is revealed.

If you have been trying for months without success, then that is a sign something isn't quite right, after all people who contribute to these discussions would not knowingly post links that have a problem.

There are others in this discussion who found the same as me - at least two other people. And as I said, the link worked last year - though I still got the Legacy message. I've seen a lot of people elsewhere on the Internet say the same happened to them. I think I got a 2013 file first time around - but the one I downloaded last night was 2017.

I don't have any problems downloading or viewing items.

Yes, I do use Safari.

My iMac is old - early 2008, OS X El Capitan (can't upgrade to High Sierra) - I bought it last year to replace a laptop I managed to drown in coffee :-( But I'm very happy with the way it is performing. It does the job. And now that I've solved the Java problem, and can run Photoshop again, I couldn't be happier (unless I found a way to buy a NEW iMac)

I ran EtreCheck. Its performance is "below average" - presumably because it's old. But there's nothing in the report that seems to be critical.

Do you want to post the report.

There was an upgrade for Safari in El Capitan last week did you install, I find it curious that the page isn't rendering correctly, I am using a Mac Pro from 2008 and it runs El Capitan and has no problem rendering the page. So there might be some software or extension causing a problem.

Explained back on page 3 of this topic. You have JavaScript turned off. The web in general doesn't work if you do that. It should be left on at all times. Go to Safari's preference and re-enable it. Despite the similar name, Java and JavaScript have nothing to do with each other.

Remove Virus Total and any other such junk. All they're good for is slowing your Mac down.

The only other thing I did differently last night was to delete everything that says Java from my machine.

The Mac OS installs a lot of Java support files. They don't do anything until you install the Java runtime from Oracle. It wasn't a good idea to dig into system and hidden folders deleting things based on a guess. You may have destroyed the OS's ability to run JavaScript.

Well no, not quite Kurt. I didn't have Java script turned off at all. Also, 1) I didn't test the legacy Java SE 6 runtime on my computer 2) It is not something you download to your computer - it's a website! So you can't remove it LOL

Also, the legacy Java comes from Apple and not from Oracle! And no, I haven't destroyed anything...

Thanks for the input. But mainly thanks to Eau :-)

no no no no no Kurt - you've got lost somewhere.

1) I have it, thank you, and Photoshop is working again.

2) I needed the old software from Apple - which is what I now have.

3) What I meant when I said "it" was on the web was Virus Total - not Java. Your comment: "Remove Virus Total and any other such junk. All they're good for is slowing your Mac down." I'm not a total idiot :-)

4) JavaScript was never off.

Amen and thank you!

I was on my iPad for the previous response. On an iMac at the moment, and yes, I can confirm JavaScript must be on in order to download Java 6 from Apple's site.

With it on (in Safari):

With it off:

Java for OS X 2015-001
10.7 or later

There is a new installer that works correctly in High Sierra OS 10.13.1. It's 2017-001 and you can download it here:

Download Java for OS X 2017-001

Apple recently updated Java 6. New link here:

https://support.apple.com/kb/dl1572?locale=en_US