10.6: Java 1.6 works on all Intel Macs in Snow Leopard

Sep 23, '09 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: post_break

One problem with using an Intel Core Duo Mac is the inability to use JRE 1.6. The JRE 1.6 update was limited to 64-bit chips only, which really ticked me off. After upgrading to Snow Leopard, a friend mentioned to me to check my Java version. Low and behold, java -version in Terminal reported back 1.6.

Running the Java Preferences application in the Utilities folder clearly states to me that it is a 32-bit build, so there was no reason for us early adopters not to have JRE 1.6 in the first place. So if you need JRE 1.6 and were an early adopter, then you need to pony up for Snow Leopard to get the update. I can confirm that Java apps that didn't work in Leopard now work, as I now have a current build of JRE.

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