Originally Posted By: artie505
By way of clarification, that apparently applies only to Lion (maybe) and Mounty.

For OS X 10.7.3 and above when an app requests Java you are still offered the option to download and install it, but in this case it is from Oracle not Apple. Whether you install "automatically" or manually Java is downloaded from http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp. The current version is Java 7 Update 40. When it is installed a Java Preference Pane is added to System Preferences. Clicking on that preference pane opens a new window with five different settings tabs: General, Update, Java, Security, and Advanced. The Java tab allows users to…

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View and manage Java Runtime versions and settings for Java applications and applets


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