Mac users may have noticed that Java-based websites are displaying a "Missing Plug-in" notification. That's because the latest update for Lion and Mountain Lion removes Apple's own Java applet plugin from all browsers. In order to access content on such sites, users are now directed towards the Oracle site to manually download the plugin.
The Apple Support page states that this update is for OS X 10.7 and later. Apart from stripping browsers of the Java plug-in, it also removes the Java Preferences application, since it is no longer required for applet setting configuration. Just to be clear, the update does not remove Java from your system if its installed, just the Java plugin from your web browsers.
This is the latest step in Apple's "crackdown" on Java. Previously, Apple stopped including pre-installed version of Java with Macs (starting with Lion), and then later released an update that disabled Java if it hadn't been used in a certain period of time.
Java and OS X have had a strange relationship, with Apple preferring to release its own version of Java for OS X, instead of letting users download the Sun/ Oracle provided version, as on other platforms like Windows. Due to this, Apple has often been criticised for failing to fix bugs in its Java version.
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The Apple Support page states that this update is for OS X 10.7 and later. Apart from stripping browsers of the Java plug-in, it also removes the Java Preferences application, since it is no longer required for applet setting configuration. Just to be clear, the update does not remove Java from your system if its installed, just the Java plugin from your web browsers.
This is the latest step in Apple's "crackdown" on Java. Previously, Apple stopped including pre-installed version of Java with Macs (starting with Lion), and then later released an update that disabled Java if it hadn't been used in a certain period of time.
Java and OS X have had a strange relationship, with Apple preferring to release its own version of Java for OS X, instead of letting users download the Sun/ Oracle provided version, as on other platforms like Windows. Due to this, Apple has often been criticised for failing to fix bugs in its Java version.
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