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Apple Releases New Java 6 Updates With Enhanced Security, Uninstalls Apple-Provided Java Applet Plug-in

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MacMan988

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What is it mean by "Uninstalls Apple-Provided Java Applet Plug-in" ? Is this update improves the security by removing the java version installed from Apple?
 
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RayK

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MacMan988 said:
What is it mean by "Uninstalls Apple-Provided Java Applet Plug-in" ? Is this update improves the security by removing the java version installed from Apple?
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If this is the first time you have installed Java since 2012, then yes it disables the Java 6 web plugin. You can follow Apple's directions to reenable it here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5559?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

If you have followed those steps before you will not have the plugin disabled again.

Hope this helps!
 
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fivedots

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Fortunately not missing Java on my machine. I hope I can soon say the same about Flash and Silverlight
 
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Gav Mack said:
Lol - nice to see that they make mistakes like the rest. I blindly assumed it was a Maverick GM bug thing!
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Even more laughs... Turn the printer on (HP connected by USB) and get this message :D:D:D

Choose Ignore and it works...;)
 

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MACRM32 said:
Chrome could and should go 64-bit.

Also, Minecraft is still Java 6 on OS X for some reason, even though in Windows and Linux it runs on Java 7.
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I totally agree, I've been waiting for Chrome to go 64-bit for a long time now. I don't know why Google is dragging their feet so much.
 
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MacMan988

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RayK said:
If this is the first time you have installed Java since 2012, then yes it disables the Java 6 web plugin. You can follow Apple's directions to reenable it here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5559?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

If you have followed those steps before you will not have the plugin disabled again.

Hope this helps!
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Thank you for the explanation. I have only one file called JavaAppletPlugin.plugin with version "java 7 Update 25" in Library/Internet Plug-Ins. I previously installed Apple's java and then installed all other java updates came from Apple up to this update.

Does this means that the Apple java internet plugin is no-longer in my computer? If then, why do I still getting updates for Apple's Java version?
 
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Rocketman said:
Really. How hard would it be for Apple to compile a version for the last 5 or so major OS releases so older devices that were recently DISABLED by Apple can simply be re-enabled to shipping capacity. I had a Java app which was mission critical simply stop working on OSX 10.4.11 which is very widely deployed.

/ valid complaint /

And, yes, I have modern computers too. :D
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None of these updates, Apple's or otherwise, should have disabled the JVM entirely. Some have disabled the Java browser plug-in (to prevent drive-by attacks of known compromised versions).

If your "mission-critical" Java app is not an applet, you should be fine. Otherwise, there must be another problem. If it is an applet, both you and the developer may want to re-think your 2013 life choices.
 
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Mr. Retrofire said:
32-Bit applications can use already 128-Bit (SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1 and so on) and 256-Bit instructions (AVX, AVX 2). So your criticism is probably unfounded.
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Except that Chrome won't run 64-bit plugins (in this context Java 7 64bit on Mac) so in context of the thread and Java support my comment is not unfounded. Unless Oracle or Google has made some recent change that I am unaware of.


From Java.com:
http://www.java.com/en/download/faq/java_mac.xml


What are the system requirements for Java 7 on my Mac?
Operating system requirements: For Java 7, you will need an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X version 10.7.3 (Lion) and above. Installing Java on a Mac is performed on a system wide basis, for all users, and administrator privileges are required. Java 7 can not be installed on a per-user basis.
Browser requirements: A 64-bit browser (Safari or Firefox, for example) is required to run Java 7 on Mac OS X. 32-bit browsers such as Chrome do not support Java 7 on the Mac platform.

And even with both Java 6 & Java 7 installed, Chrome is having troubles doing anything with Java. I love Chrome, but I do need Java support for many things and so Chrome lags behind for casual browsing while I use Safari and Firefox for productivity.
 
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HelgeJ

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All errors updating

I got these errors loading an javaaplet after updating. Don't know what happend but it was identical on iMAC and Air running 10.8.5

java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.defineClassHelper(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:1097)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.access$100(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:64)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader$2.run(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:1055)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.findClassHelper(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:1019)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.findClass(Applet2ClassLoader.java:130)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass0(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:259)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:189)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadClass(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:170)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadCode(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:721)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager.createApplet(Plugin2Manager.java:3148)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Plugin2Manager.java:1536)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:695)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.defineClassHelper(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:1078)
... 13 more
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.loadAllowedCodebases(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:462)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2ClassLoader.getPermissions(Plugin2ClassLoader.java:452)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Applet2ClassLoader.getPermissions(Applet2ClassLoader.java:680)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.getProtectionDomain(SecureClassLoader.java:235)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:141)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:283)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:217)
... 18 more
Undtagelse: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
 
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RayK

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MacMan988 said:
Thank you for the explanation. I have only one file called JavaAppletPlugin.plugin with version "java 7 Update 25" in Library/Internet Plug-Ins. I previously installed Apple's java and then installed all other java updates came from Apple up to this update.

Does this means that the Apple java internet plugin is no-longer in my computer? If then, why do I still getting updates for Apple's Java version?
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Its still there, its just not active.
 
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