
This will begin downloading the Java installer.Click on the Download button on the Mac support page.If so, go to the Mac Support site ( /kb/DL1572) to download Java 6. The “More Info” button may be broken on some Yosemite minor versions. You can follow the instructions below to complete the Java 6 installation. Once installed you can proceed as normal with installing and using PDF Studio. You may receive a dialog that will direct you to the site where you can download the Java 6 Runtime. In order to reinstall and run PDF Studio you will need to install the Java 6 Runtime again. During the upgrade process to Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite or 10.11 El Capitan, Java may be uninstalled from your system. I receive the message: “To open “PDF Studio 9” you need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime.” How can I fix this?Ī: Like other applications such as Dreamweaver or Creative Suite, PDF Studio requires Java 6 in order to run. Q: I upgraded my mac to OSX 10.10 Yosemite & 10.11 El Capitan and I am having trouble opening PDF Studio. Steps to install Java 6 If you wish to continue with the old / original installer The new recommended installer for PDF Studio is 64bit and does no longer require Java 6. Note that the 32bit installer is no longer the recommended installer. Java 6 32bit is required when using the 32bit installer for PDF Studio – a powerful, low cost Adobe® Acrobat® alternative for Mac OSX. This was the stupidest thing Oracle could do with Java.This article explains how to install Java 6 32bit on Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite. Oracle specifically BROKE the Java sandbox, allowing Java to interact directly with computer systems. Why is Java over the Internet now so dangerous? Thank Oracle, who obtained Java when they bought Sun Microsystems. Check up on their reputation and verify they are NOT Trojans. So avoid running mysterious Java apps you know nothing about. Trojan horse Java applications are possible. Just be sure you run Java apps, off the Internet, from reliable developers.

NOTE: Running Java applications off the Internet is not typically a problem. But for the sake of simplicity and the ability to reinstate the Java Plug-In whenever you may want to actually use it on the Internet, I'd leave everything else in place. There are other Java bits and pieces you could trash.

Java now cannot run in them over the Internet, which is where Java is particularly dangerous. I have them in a folder labeled "Internet Plug-ins (disabled)" inside the Library folder.ģ) QUIT and restart all your web browsers.

I advise that you store these files somewhere, just in case you want to use them later for some odd purpose. Yes, that includes Apple's own alias file "ugin". A quick and simple way to DISABLE running JAVA over the Internet (if you have Admin privileges):Ģ) Remove from this directory everything listed as 'Java'.
