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Apple Issues Java Updates for Lion and Snow Leopard

Posted in Apple, Mac, News on 05/09/2012 by Chris Hauk

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Apple has released two new OS X Java updates, one for Lion, (Java for OS X 2012-005), and one for Snow Leopard, (Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 10.) The patches will prevent Java from running in an “always-on” state.

The java plug-in will be killed if no applets are run for an “extended period of time.” If Java for OS X 2012-004 wasn’t previously installed, 005 will disable Java by default until a person chooses to enable or re-enable a Java plugin in their browser.

More details available at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5367 and http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222.

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Chris Hauk owns Phoenix Rising Services and writes for everyone's favorite "bad movie" website, Big Bad Drive-In. His first Apple product was an iPod Classic 5 years ago, and he has since added a MacBook Pro, iPad, iPhone, and 2 Apple TVs to his collection. He lives somewhere in the great Southwest.