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CasperSally
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Posted on ‎05-10-2013 11:41 AM

Unfortunately we still have a few apps that require Java. I was hoping we could get away with just one version of Java, preferably Java 7 when deploying our image this summer.

Then we remembered 32bit Chrome won't run Java 7.

Now I'm realizing it appears Apple doesn't release full installers for Java 6, only updates existing installs (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572).

On freshly imaged 10.8 machines that we would like to use Chrome on, am I missing something beyond downloading an old Java 6 installer posted elsewhere on the web and then using the support article above to update it?

What a tangled web java weaves...

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rtrouton
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Posted on ‎05-10-2013 11:48 AM

Java for OS X 2013-003 installs a full Java 6 installation on 10.7.x and 10.8.x. I'm installing it on my new machine builds that don't have an existing Java 6 installation and it works fine.

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CasperSally
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Posted on ‎05-10-2013 11:56 AM

Really? I've been trying to get it to work all day on 10.8.3 Safari 6.0.4, clean systems, installing 2013-003 - then I finally read the fine print of the update

"On systems that have not already installed Java for OS X 2012-006, this update disables the Java SE 6 applet plug-in. To use applets on a web page, click on the region labeled "Missing plug-in" to download the latest version of the Java applet plug-in from Oracle."

The missing plugin link takes you to download Java 7.

If I run java - version it correctly reports 1.6.0_45. In the browser, allow Java is checked.

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bentoms
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Posted on ‎05-10-2013 12:25 PM

Does this help? (Pinched of Rich anyways).

http://macmule.com/2013/02/19/getting-java-6-working-on-a-mac-that-has-only-had-java-7-installed/#mo...

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rtrouton
Release Candidate Programs Tester

Posted on ‎05-10-2013 12:34 PM

Oh, right. Yes, the Apple Java 6 browser plug-in gets removed but you can re-enable it. I've got a post on how to do that here:

http://derflounder.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/re-enable-the-apple-java-6-plug-in-for-use-with-web-brow...

If you want to keep the Java plug-in enabled, there's a couple more hurdles Apple puts in your way. I've got posts on both:

http://derflounder.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/automatically-enable-the-java-web-plug-ins-setting-in-sa...

http://derflounder.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/managing-safaris-java-whitelist/

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