Jeff Campbell
12-04-2009, 03:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.macworld.com/article/144730/2009/12/java_updates.html?lsrc=rss_news' target='_blank'>http://www.macworld.com/article/144...l?lsrc=rss_news</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"If you thought you just heard a disturbance in the Force-as if millions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced-then take a deep breath and relax: it's just a pair of Java software updates for Mac OS X."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/zt/auto/1259159543.usr105634.jpg" /></p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3892" target="_blank">Java for OS X 10.6, update 1</a> as well as <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3891" target="_blank">Java for OS X 10.5, update 6</a> are both available via the software update feature, or direct from Apple. From the article,<em>"The Leopard update, which requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 brings J2SE 5.0 to 1.5.0_22 and Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_17; J2SE 1.4.2 is disabled by default in this update, as it's no longer being updated. The 78MB Snow Leopard update brings Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_17 as well, and requires Mac OS X 10.6.2." </em></p><p><em></em>Apple has also posted a support info page for <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3970" target="_blank">Leopard</a> and <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3969" target="_blank">Snow Leopard</a>.</p>