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Is it possible to update my imac snow leopard X 10.6.8 with Java 7? I'm just a user - not a developer and I need Java 7 to access data from a website that I frequently use. I'm afraid to plunge forward and run into more problems. Thanx

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Have you checked out the Java website for a Mac download? – Ryan Naddy Dec 27 '12 at 16:28
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Just run Software Update and you should be good. – Lovato Dec 27 '12 at 16:28
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Since this is not programming related, you should try another place to ask, such as Super User – Jan Dvorak Dec 27 '12 at 16:29
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Are you able to update your OS to Lion (10.7)? If so you can download Java 7 from Oracle. However Oracle's Java will not work with an OS prior to 10.7.3, and Apple only released up to Java 6. Reference. – Charlie Dec 27 '12 at 16:41

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MAC is using their update system to provide you with the latest Java update. So just update your mac system and if there is a new version of java for mac, then you'll get it.

To update you have to click your apple icon and select the update menu item.

Besides I think this is the wrong forum for such questions :)

Good luck

UPDATE

Just found out that apple only released their own version as 1.6, so to get Java 7 you can download it from Oracle's homepage - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html

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The last version of Java released by Apple is Java 6, not Java 7. To get Java 7 you'd have to go with oracle. – Charlie Dec 27 '12 at 16:32
Ahh yes thats correct I just saw on my own MAC. To finish my answer then, then you can get it by using this link oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/… – Rohwedder Dec 27 '12 at 16:40
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As I mentioned in my comment on the question... Oracle's Java will only work on Lion (10.7.3) or later, and therefore is not a help to someone on Snow Leopard (10.6.8). We don't know if the asker is able to update to a newer OS or not so this might still not help them at all. Also as the asker self-identified as not a developer, they probably would want just the JRE and not the JDK. (if they were able to update and download the same) – Charlie Dec 27 '12 at 16:51
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As others have stated, Oracle is only supporting Java 7 on Mac OS X 10.7 and above. The openjdk-osx-build project (http://code.google.com/p/openjdk-osx-build/) was creating OpenJDK 7 builds for OS X 10.6, but has recently shuttered the operation.

The build and package scripts were moved to the OBuildFactory project. This recent OBuildFactory post indicates there will be no further efforts to build OpenJDK 7 on OS X 10.6: https://github.com/hgomez/obuildfactory/issues/3

It looks like rolling your own OpenJDK 7 got a lot harder. If you need Java 7, upgrading to OS X 10.8 is probably the easiest route (upgrade from the Mac App Store costs $19.99) -- but your desktop will start looking and behaving more like a phone.

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