Apple on Friday released previews of the final two custom-builtJava runtime updates for OS X before the company hands over allresponsibility to Oracle. The updates, titled "Java for OS X 2012-004" and "Java for Mac OS X10.6 Update 9," are to be the last Apple-tailored runtimes for OS X10.6 and 10.7 before all Mac-centric Java development moves toOracle. Apple dropped Java from the default installation of OS X 10.7 Lion after the companyannounced in 2010 that it would deprecate the software's release for the Mac platform. In April, Oracle announced the availability of its own Java development kit and JavaFX SDK for Mac users afterworking on the software with the OpenJDK Community. Most recently, a Java SE 6 exploit caused the largest malwaredissemination in Mac history. The Flashback trojan was said to haveaffected over 600,000 Macs worldwide, mining sensitive data that reportedly netted themalicious code's authors as much as $10,000 a day . In response to Flashback, Apple had to quickly push out a number of updates as well as a dedicated removal tool . The final Apple-supported updates will offer compatibility withfuture Java implementations and will include the feature ofdisabling the web component after 35 days of non-usage. From the preview notes: Java SE 6 applets and Web Start disable after non-use This preview contains a stub applet plug-in and a modified WebStart launcher for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. This technologydisables these Java web components after an extended duration ofnon-use (35 days). This policy is already present in "Java for OS X2012-003" for OS X 10.7 Lion. Oracle's Java 7 applet plug-in disables Java SE 6 applets and WebStart This preview contains additional enhancements to the OS X Javaintegration features to disable or redirect functionality toOracle's Java 7 applet plug-in, if present. This includesdeactivating most panels in Java Preferences, routing .jnlp filelaunching to the Oracle Java 7 Web Start launcher, and .jar filelaunching to the plug-in embedded JRE. There has been no official word on when the updates will arrive forpublic consumption, but with Oracle ready to take over the rolloutmay happen soon. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Wall Sticker Clock , Removable Wall Stickers for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Wall Flower Stickers.
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