{"id":36088,"date":"2013-02-20T13:31:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T11:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=36088"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:37:06","slug":"download-the-latest-java-for-mac-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/download-the-latest-java-for-mac-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Download the latest Java for Mac update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has released an important <a href=\"http:\/\/apple-java-for-mac.en.softonic.com\/mac\"><strong>Java for Mac<\/strong><\/a> update after it discovered Chinese hackers have managed to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticwire.com\/technology\/2013\/02\/chinese-hackers-got-inside-apple-too\/62294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exploit yet another vulnerability<\/a> in the Java plug-in. The Java update patches the security hole and you can install it by running System Update in OS X.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36090\" title=\"System Update Mac\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/System-Update-Mac.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/System-Update-Mac.png 340w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/02\/System-Update-Mac-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, if you&#8217;re having problems updating, you can download the updates and install them manually. Remember that there are two versions of Java depending on which version of OS X you are using &#8211; one for Snow Leopard and one for those using Lion or above.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/apple-java-mac-snow-leopard.en.softonic.com\/mac\"><strong>Download Java for OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/apple-java-for-mac.en.softonic.com\/mac\"><strong>Download Java for OS X Lion 10.7+<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re sick and tired of the constant security vulnerabilities with Java for Mac, <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/why-you-dont-need-java-for-mac\">here are some reasons why maybe you can live without it altogether<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has released an important Java for Mac update after it discovered Chinese hackers have managed to exploit yet another vulnerability in the Java plug-in. The Java update patches the security hole and you can install it by running System Update in OS X. However, if you&#8217;re having problems updating, you can download the updates &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/download-the-latest-java-for-mac-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Download the latest Java for Mac update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2009,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-36088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":333356,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36088\/revisions\/333356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36088"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=36088"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=36088"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=36088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}