Apple's latest release of Java SE 6 for Mac OS X marks the end of the company's efforts to maintain Java releases for the Mac platform itself. Yesterday, the company released "Java for Mac OS X 10 ...

At January's Macworld Expo, Apple announced that Java 2 was finally coming to the Mac platform as part of Mac OS X. At one point, the new operating system was promised for last winter; then, in ...

Apple recently released Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 (which adds Java SE 6 to your Mac) after receiving much criticism for omitting it when Leopard shipped: Discussion threads began to appear ...

You should do everything you can to remove Java from your Mac or, if that isn’t possible, to isolate it to the fullest extent possible. I don’t make this recommendation lightly. Removing Java ...

News that Oracle will now provide Mac users with Java updates at the same time as they are available for Windows and Linux, has been celebrated, not least because it comes in the wake of the ...

A number of readers have pointed out that Apple's developer documentation for its Java updates for Mac OS X released yesterday reveals that the company appears to be ceasing future distribution of ...

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May switch default Java version We previously reported that, per Apple's documentation, Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 (which installs Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05) does not replace the existing ...

Apple has released a Java for Mac update to fix about 30 documented vulnerabilities, including some that exposes Mac users to remote code execution attacks. The Java for Mac patch batch ...

Both Leopard and Snow Leopard are getting Java updates today: OS X 10.5 getting its 9th, while OS X 10.6 is getting a 4th update to improve reliability, security, and ...