September 14, 2005 8:30 AM PDT

Apple releases Java 1.3.1 and 1.4.2 Release 2 for Mac OS X 10.4.x (Tiger)

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Apple has posted a Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 1.3.1 and 1.4.2 Release 2 for Mac OS X 10.4.x. The new release improves functionality of J2SE 1.4.2.

It also includes J2SE 1.3.1 for better interaction with J2SE 1.4.2.

Release 2 includes Java 2 Platform Standard Edition versions 1.3.1_16 and 1.4.2_09.

The new release is available either through Software Update or as a standalone download.

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by Hawaiian Starman September 14, 2005 8:59 AM PDT: Easy installation (no restart necessary). Web pages run by java load much
faster, especially the web site where I bank.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Chas_IC September 14, 2005 8:59 AM PDT: >
This is a reply to a previous comment by Hawaiian Starman

I installed the update on my PowerBook 1.67Ghz, and now my Airport
cannot connect. I tried to set up a new Location in System
Preferences>Network, but changes are not accepted. Obviously something is
hosed. I tried repairing permissions, no good. I'm still working on it.; Like this Reply to this comment


by lkrupp September 14, 2005 4:16 PM PDT: I concur with the earlier poster. Java appears to load quicker and applets run
faster after the update. My gold standard for Java is my bank's canceled check
online display/print option. This is accomplished by a Java application called
Viewone which has been problematic in the past on my Mac. Since Tiger and
Safari 2.0.x things have worked perfectly. Now it's even faster. Kudos to Apple
for the good work on Java for the Mac.; Like this Reply to this comment

by uurf September 14, 2005 8:00 PM PDT

If you've installed Java 1.5 and manually set 1.5 to be theCurrentVersion, you'll
have to set it manually again after the upgrade. from the terminal:


cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions
sudo rm CurrentJDK
sudo ln -s 1.5.0 CurrentJDK

(note sudo and RM can erase your entire disk. don't monkey with this if you
don't know what you're doing.)

uurf

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