Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Apple supports old version Because the transition to Java 1.4.1 represents an architectural change to the underlying Java implementation on Mac OS X, some technologies built on Java 1.3.1 will not ...

Apple has finally released a Java for Mac update to fix multiple security flaws that were patched upstream more than six months ago. The fix comes three weeks after developers released ...

Apple released security updates today for Java for Mac OS X for Java SE 6, J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2 on Mac OS X 10.5.7 and later. The unfortunately reality is that Sun fixed these flaws more than six ...

Apple today patched 15 vulnerabilities in three versions of Java used by Mac OS X 10.5, or Leopard, bringing the operating system up to par with fixes that Sun issued a month ago. Today’s Leopard ...

An Apple update released yesterday (Oct. 17) removes the Java browser plug-in in all Mac-compatible browsers. The move puts even more daylight between Apple and Oracle, as the latter struggles with ...

The Apple [AAPL] critics are dancing their dance once again today following news of a Java-based malware attack on Macs. But, given Java is the bad boy in the room, shouldn’t critics and Kool-Aid ...

Writing for Macworld UK, Jonny Evans reports from Sun’s JavaOne Conference in San Francisco with an interview with Apple’s Java product manager, Allen Denison. Denison’s comments come in an article ...

Apple today release Java Update for Mac OS X 10.3.9 via the Mac OS X Software Update mechanism. According to the release notes, the update will correct issues affecting some Java users following the ...

The Java Developer’s Journal, in an article by Hitesh Seth, says Mac OS X and Java make an excellent team. The latest version of the Java 2 platform (J2SE v1.3) is preinstalled in every Mac that ships ...

I was thinking of buying a Mac Pro not too long ago -- I'm glad I didn't take that route. Without a supported JVM, I can't really use a Mac for more than websurfing ...