Posts by @chriswhocodes

Apple blocks Java on the Mac over security concerns

Fixable by editing XProtect.meta.plist

I'm not 100% sure this wasn't done accidentally by Apple.

They've updated the required version of Java to be 1.7.11 build 22 when the release build from Oracle is actually release 21

type java -version

result:

java version "1.7.0_11"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_11-b21)

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode)

Edit the plugin whitelist file using

sudo nano /System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/XProtect.meta.plist

and change

<string>1.7.11.22</string>

to

<string>1.7.11.21</string>

Java will now work again in Safari.

-Chris