Apple Java for Mac OS X 10.6Update 17

Apple Java for OS X 10.6 Update 17 is out: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5982 but I did not find a direct download link yet.

Today’s news says that there's supposed to be a Java update available, so presumably that would be Update 17. But if there's an Update 17 for Apple Java for Mac OS X 10.6, Software Update.app doesn't know about it yet. I just ran Software Update and it reported that all my apps are up to date. Likewise, there’s no Update 17 available (yet) on Apple’s website as of the time of this posting. Running the Java Preferences utilily shows that the most recent version of Java installed on my Mac Pro in Snow Leopard (10.6.8) is Java SE6 v1.6.0_51-b11-456 (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions are available), which was installed with Update 16. So it appears that either the recent update doesn't affect Apple Java for Mac OS X 10.6, or Apple hasn't yet released the update.

Actually Update 14 for 10.6.8 updates Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_43 and not 1.6.0_41 (this detail should be corrected also for the update for 10.7 and 10.8).

14 is out for Snow Leopard!

Remember to "Repair Disk Permissions" and check the "Off/On" status in Java Preferences after installing this update. A word to the wise?

The update is available. For some wacky reason Apple's links go to the incorrect place unless you come from different links at Apple's own website. Try this page and choose download from here: http://support.apple.com/downloads/

If you had your Java Preferences unchecked (set to off in Utilities/Java Preferences) applying this update will turn them back ON. A word to the wise.

The link on MacUpdate downloads the previous version of the Java update. Even Apple's web site has some old links. And the pages for the Java updates are still labeled with the old versions. However, the download links on the specific pages download the right versions, though the links on the main download page do not - I downloaded numerous times to figure this out. The right link for Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 8 is http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1516/en_US/JavaForMacOSX10.6.dmg.

Package opened correctly this time. Everything installed smoothly.

Is this really update 8 for OS 6 'cause my download says it's really update 7 for OS 6 and my list of dewnloads in 'Software Updste' says it's updste 7 for OS 6, too. I Already installed update 7 several days ago. Whst's up with this?

New Version 8.0 available.

How can I roll back to previous Java update 6 version? I have something wrong with this update 7 version.

(Similar to my review re: The 10.7 version): INSTALL THIS UPDATE IMMEDIATELY. No excuses. Good: This CRUCIAL Java update patches an active exploit against Macs. Better a late update than never. Java is occasionally useful. Bad: Java is now one of the most INSECURE Internet technologies. If you don't use Java, TURN IT OFF! Oracle and Apple are NOT providing Mac Java updates in a timely manner. This Java update for Mac provides an update that Windows users have had for months. For over a week, there has been an active malware exploit against Mac users with the unpatched version of Java. It is terrific that Apple jumped on this exploit so quickly. However, Apple users MUST be provided with Java patches at the same time as Windows users. Delaying Java patches for Mac users is NOT acceptable. Now for my rant: Java has become a BANE of the Internet. I have turned it OFF. I am sick of the recent Java exploits against Mac users. I don't deal with it. I suggest you turn Java OFF as well, unless you use it regularly. HOW TO TURN OFF JAVA: If you use multiple web browsers (I use six) then the best and simplest way to turn Java OFF is via the Java Preferences app found in your Mac's Utilities folder. Follow these steps: 1) Open the Java Preferences app. 2) Under the 'General' tab, check OFF "Enable applet plug-in and Web Start applications". 3) Quit the Java Preferences app. 4) VERIFY IT'S OFF: Open the Java Preferences app, again. Verify that the "Enable..." checkbox remains OFF. If you find it on again, check the damned thing OFF again. Quit Java Preferences. Verify AGAIN as required. I add this VERIFY step because I personally have seen this checkbox turn on again. If you want to be extra-special certain the box doesn't turn on again, you can go down to the box under the 'General' tab and turn OFF both 64 and 32-bit "Java SE 6", then turn off "Enable". That definitely does the trick. My #2 Rant: SHAME ON ORACLE. That company has RUINED OpenOffice. The LibreOffice branch is now off and running and far superior, leaving the source OpenOffice project irrelevant. Oracle has been just as obtuse with Java, which is now a DETRIMENT to the Internet. Maybe Java will be made open source, at long last. That would help. Perhaps great developers like those on the LibreOffice team will grab it and make Java seriously great. Until then, BEWARE OF JAVA. I fully expect more Java exploit malware to come. (o_0)

Just out of curiosity... (Seriously... I'm not trying to be funny at all). Is there a reason why one Posting is "Apple Java for OS X Lion 2012-001" and the other is "Apple Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 7." One is the OS Number, the other is the catchy name (like "Lion."

Same as for previous versions: 10.6.4 is said to be required here: http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1516 but not here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5056 "This release is only for Mac OS X v10.6.8 or later versions of Mac OS X 10.6".

I had big problems after the update with the ms sql sqljdbc4.jar driver: it hangs indefinitely. I had to go back to update 5 version. Really sad!

Yes, Minimum requirement is actually Mac OS X 10.6.8 It even says 10.6.4 on their own site

I think requirements should be corrected: the Apple support page lists 10.6.6 or later, and not 10.6.4. I'm running 10.6.5 and it doesn't show up in Software Update. Actually, this isn't the first time Apple makes some mess about minimum system requirements since the advent of 10.6.6 and App Store.

Same thing... After 6 installs (yes, 6!) of Java after the update to 10.6.6 and running both Onyx and DiskWarrior 4.2, I decided I did not need the aggravation of all these error messages. Moreover, it also interfered with SuperDuper backups. Now running without this Java update and all is OK. Am also concerned that something so junky is put out without, apparently, being well tested.

Did the update and now there are 2 times more corrections to permissions when I run Disk Utility. What's up with that?

This update broke the security certificate files. Do not update if you are using the cacerts file!

I had the same issue when updating with my laptop and almost threw it out the window! I did figure out the fix which was to manually enter in my IP Address which for some reason was just a bunch of numbers and letters. Either way I manually set it back to what it should be then set my DHCP settings back to Auto and all seems to be back to normal. Needless to say it was about an hour of troubleshooting which makes you think twice about downloading these updates...