I run ClamXAV and scan periodically, and have never turned up anything. Having a fairly good handle on how to stay safe myself, I manage a few people who may not. And downloading something and entering their password seems trivial to them. I would just like to be aware of what to look for and whats currently out there; of course one cannot predict the future.
I have read the release notes but not getting a clear picture of any security related fixes that may have been done. Any idea if the update affects the above guide and steps you describe? Any chance to uninstall all elements of java should I decide to give up. See New unpatched Java vulnerability discovered!
I am a new Mac Book Air user. Based upon your Tech Corner, I disabled Java. There is also a tab in preferences that allows you to disable javascript. What is the difference between Java and Javscript? Should I disable both? Java and JavaScript are, despite the names, unrelated. You can leave JavaScript turned on.
In fact, if you disable it, many websites will stop functioning properly or at all.
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My version of the Java Preferences App is After installing the latest Oracle version, version 7 does not show up in the Java Preferences App, even after a restart. Am I using an obsolete version of the application? Running OS X Like Scott above , I am also confused by the identification of the installed version s of Java.
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I am running Mac OS Unfortunately, I have not used Java personally in a couple years, so I cannot help with these kinds of specifics. How can I disable it or uninstall it if I want Java 7 from oracle to be my primary Java version? If you want to install Java 7, you simply install Java 7. No need to uninstall or disable Java 6 first. Search for:.
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I think I got more useful information from Stack Overflow rather than the vendor Apple , but its still not solved. Please fix this. I spends thousands on Apple hardware and hundreds on Apple software, and this sort of thing is not acceptable. I have personally wasted hours on this issue, as have others. How can the Apple QA department miss another gapping hole?
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From here. Also this might be worthwhile read. If you have Java 7 installed then you should be using the 64 bit version of Eclipse. I had downloaded the 32 bit version and it was asking me to install Java 6 when I had version 7 installed. Downloaded the 64bit version and it works like a dream. I run Mac os Can you imagine that?
You have to install a JDK 1. To resolve your issue, you just need to download the jdk1. If you don't have this tool you can edit the eclipse. Of course remember that Java 7 is the only Java official release for MAC and is probably not the best for developing applications.
I don't think it's possible to switch JRE (runtime environments) see here:
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Note that the OP in the above question specifically talks about Eclipse not working with Java 7. Ashutosh Jindal Ashutosh Jindal That looks like a good trick sans breaking the Control Panel applet. I'm not closing the ticket at the moment - I would like to find a solution that does not have side effects. Well, I did not see an answer without side effects and Apple did not address the issue in Closing as answered since this seems about as good as its going to get until Apple stops shipping broken software.