- Installed Plug-ins. 5.0.61118.0 Shockwave Flash 11.1 r102 WebEx64 General Plugin Container Version 202 The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site. Displays Java applet content, or a placeholder if Java.
- If using OS X Lion v10.7.5 or OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.3 or later Get the latest version of Java from Oracle. If Java 7 or later is already installed, you can use the Java Control Panel to download and install the update: Choose Apple menu System Preferences, then click Java to open the Java Control Panel.
- If you have not yet installed Apple's Java OS X 2012-006 update, then you are still using a version of Apple Java 6 that includes the plug-in and the Java Preferences app. There is an important difference about the installation of Oracle Java (both JRE and JDK) that you should be aware of.
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After installing the Java for OS X 2012-006 1.0 update, anyone who visits a web page with a Java applet in the Chrome browser is directed to download the Java 7 applet plug-in from Oracle.
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The following are the system requirements for installing the JDK and the JRE on macOS:
Enable Java Plugin For Edge
- Any Intel-based computer running macOS.
- Administrator privileges.You cannot install Java for a single user. Installing the JDK and JRE on macOS is performed on a systemwide basis for all users. Administrator privileges are required to install the JDK and JRE on macOS.
- When you install the JDK, it also installs the JRE. However, the system will not replace the current JRE with a lower version.To determine the current JRE version installed on your system, see Determining the JRE Version Installed on macOS. To install an earlier version of the JRE, you must first uninstall the current version. See Uninstalling the JRE on macOS.
- When you install the JRE, you can install only one JRE on your system at a time. The system will not install a JRE that has an earlier version than the current version.To determine the current JRE version installed on your system, see Determining the JRE Version Installed on macOS. To install an earlier version of the JRE, you must first uninstall the current version. See Uninstalling the JRE on macOS.Note:Installing a JRE from Oracle will not update
java -version
symlinks or addjava
to your path. To do this, you must install the JDK.