Apple Releases Java Security Update for OS X As Promised

Gary Ng
13 years ago

Earlier this morning Apple admitted some staff Macs were hacked by the same group that targeted Facebook last week. Apple noted the bug was related to a Java exploit and said an update was coming today. That software update has now gone live via Software Update and it addresses the following:

This release updates the Apple-provided system Java SE 6 to version 1.6.0_41 and is for OS X versions 10.7 or later.

This update uninstalls the Apple-provided Java applet plug-in from all web browsers. To use applets on a webpage, click on the region labeled “Missing plug-in” to go download the latest version of the Java applet plug-in from Oracle.

This update also removes the Java Preferences application, which is no longer required to configure applet settings.

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You can get the update by going to Apple > Software Update on your Mac.

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