Resolved Known Issues The following list includes Known Issues from previous releases that have been resolved in JDK 8. Area: Install Synopsis macosx Scheduled AU - cannot auto update on Mac 10.9 On Mac OS 10.9, when a scheduled Java (auto) update is initiated, the installer may become unresponsive. Area: HotSpot / gc Synopsis Crashes due to failure to allocate large pages.
How to make Minecraft work on Mac OSX Yosemite with latest Java 8. Implement some of the various ‘fixes’ to see what might be the best way to get Minecraft working with the latest Java release on OS X Yosemite. Update: Saturday, November 22, 2014. I seriously don’t remember installing Java when I bought my Mavericks.
On Linux, failures when allocating large pages can lead to crashes.
Java for macOS 2017-001 installs the legacy Java 6 runtime for macOS 10.13 High Sierra, macOS 10.12 Sierra, macOS 10.11 El Capitan, macOS 10.10 Yosemite, macOS 10.9 Mavericks, macOS 10.8 Mountain Lion, and macOS 10.7 Lion. This package is exclusively intended for support of legacy software and installs the same deprecated version of Java 6 included in the 2015-001, 2014-001, and 2013-005 releases. Quit any Java applications before installing this update. See for more details about this update.
See for information about the security content of this update.