{"id":55673,"date":"2012-05-01T13:31:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T17:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=55673"},"modified":"2014-06-11T11:23:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T15:23:04","slug":"mac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/teaching\/lms\/blackboard\/how-to\/java-settings\/mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Java Settings &#8211; Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bbvista8\">\n<a name=\"top\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check and update your Java version if needed.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n <input name=\"browsers\" id=\"updte\" onclick=\"show_div('snowleopard')\" value=\"snowleopard\" type=\"radio\"><br \/>\n     <label for=\"updte\">Mac OS X 10.6.8 and earlier<\/label>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n     <input name=\"browsers\" id=\"lionb\" onclick=\"show_div('lion')\" value=\"lion\" type=\"radio\"><br \/>\n     <label for=\"lionb\">Mac OS X 10.7 and later <\/label>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- Mac Java update --><\/p>\n<div id=\"snowleopard\">\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2009\/10\/java-logo-sm4.jpg\" alt=\"java-logo-sm\" width=\"23\" height=\"29\" \/> Check your Java Version &#8211; Mac Snow Leopard<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the apple icon in the upper left hand corner of your screen.<\/li>\n<li>Click on &#8220;Software Update&#8221;.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2009\/10\/mac-update.jpg\" alt=\"mac-update\" width=\"247\" height=\"91\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;Check for updates now&#8221; and allow the page to load.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2009\/10\/mac-update2.jpg\" alt=\"mac-update2\" width=\"397\" height=\"161\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Look for any updates from Java and install them. You may need to restart your computer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Lion --><\/p>\n<div id=\"lion\">\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2009\/10\/java-logo-sm4.jpg\" alt=\"java-logo-sm\" width=\"23\" height=\"29\" \/> Check your Java Version &#8211; Mac Lion<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Click on the <strong>System Preferences<\/strong> icon located in your dock.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2012\/03\/MacLionClearJava1.png\" alt=\"Mac OS X Lion-dock-system preferences\" width=\"375\" height=\"99\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Java<\/strong> icon, located at the bottom of the System Preferences window. If you do not have Java installed on your computer, you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.java.com\/en\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\">download it directly from Oracle<\/a>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2012\/03\/MacLionClearJava2.png\" alt=\"Mac OS X Lion-system preferences\" width=\"573\" height=\"480\" \/><\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;ll see the following window while the Java Control Panel loads.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"screenshots\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2012\/03\/MacLionClearJava3.png\" alt=\"Mac OS X Lion-Java\" width=\"573\" height=\"307\" \/><\/li>\n<li>On the <strong>Update<\/strong> tab, check to see if an update is available. If there is, click the <strong>Update Now<\/strong> button.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2012\/05\/MacLionUpdateJava1.png\" alt=\"MacLionUpdateJava1\" title=\"MacLionUpdateJava1\" width=\"504\" height=\"503\" class=\"screenshots\" \/><\/li>\n<li>On the <strong>Software Update<\/strong> window, click <strong>Install Update<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2012\/05\/MacLionUpdateJava2.png\" alt=\"MacLionUpdateJava1\" title=\"MacLionUpdateJava1\" width=\"588\" height=\"394\" class=\"screenshots\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Follow the prompts through the installation guide. When complete, you will receive a Java is up to date message, as shown below.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2012\/05\/MacLionUpdateJava3.png\" alt=\"MacLionUpdateJava3\" title=\"MacLionUpdateJava3\" width=\"423\" height=\"156\" class=\"screenshots\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"backtotop\">\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n<!--\r\nfunction show_div(i){\r\n\r\n  switch (i)\r\n  {\r\n\tcase 'snowleopard': {   document.getElementById(i).style.display = 'block'; \r\n\t\t\t           document.getElementById('backtotop').style.display = 'block';\r\n\t\t\t\t   document.getElementById('lion').style.display = 'none';  \r\n\t\t\t\t   break;\r\n                 \t\t}\r\n\tcase 'lion': {      document.getElementById(i).style.display = 'block'; \r\n\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById('backtotop').style.display = 'block';\t\r\n\t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById('snowleopard').style.display = 'none';\r\n\t\t\t\tbreak;\r\n                 \t}\t\r\n\r\n                 \t  \r\n\tdefault: {\tdocument.getElementById('snowleopard').style.display = 'block'; \r\n\t\t\tdocument.getElementById('backtotop').style.display = 'block';\t\r\n\t                document.getElementById('lion').style.display = 'block';  \r\n\t\t\tbreak;\r\n\t\t }\t\t\t  \r\n  }\r\n}\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- END div id=bbvista8 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check and update your Java version if needed. Mac OS X 10.6.8 and earlier Mac OS X 10.7 and later Check your Java Version &#8211; Mac Snow Leopard Click the apple icon in the upper left hand corner of your screen. Click on &#8220;Software Update&#8221;. 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