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OK, I might be the last Java developer using a Mac to realize this, but apparently Mac OS X 1.5 (Tiger) uses J2SE 5.0 by default, even though Java SE 6 has been available for nearly two years.

Note: Mac OS X 10.7 will be the only version of Mac OS X supported by Oracle. 10.6.8 + Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 6 should continue to work for the foreseeable future. We do not expect to use 10.7-only API in the codebase.

I figured this out today while reading Google's instructions on how to create Java applications for App Engine. (Side note: Woot!) The section regarding compatibility with different versions of Java contained this curious sentence:

Java SE 6 Downloads. Go to the Oracle Java Archive page. Thank you for downloading this release of the Java TM Platform, Standard Edition Development Kit (JDK TM).The JDK is a development environment for building applications, applets, and components using the Java programming language. How to install Java JDK (Java Development kit 12) on Mac OS. Download and install Java on Mac OS X. We will also update the JAVAHOME environment variable ne. If you prefer to continue using Apple's Java 6 plug-in, follow the steps provided in the Java for OS X 2014-001 topic at the Apple Developer site. After installing Java for macOS 2012-006, can I continue to use Apple's Java 6 alongside the macOS JDK or JRE for Java 10?

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For developers that don't have easy access to Java 6 (such as developers using Mac OS X), the App Engine SDK is compatible with Java 5.

That was a head-scratcher. I know that Apple's support for Java usually lags Sun's releases for Windows/Solaris/Linux by a few months, but Java 6 was released over two years ago. Surely Apple has caught up by now, right? To the Terminal window!

Hank:~ mtye$ java -version
java version '1.5.0_16'
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_16-b06-284)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_16-133, mixed mode, sharing)

Huh. That can't be right, can it? No, a little poking around on Apple's site reveals that Java SE 6 was pushed out to users with Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1, back in May 2008. So where's my Java 6?
I found a crucial clue here. Apparently, in the

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/Applications/Utilities/Java directory, there's a Java Preferences application that can be used to determine which Java version is used by default. I fired it up and got this:
Oh, there's Java 6! Right behind the 32-bit version of Java 5, for some reason. Let's fix that with a little drag & drop:
Let's check again:

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Hank:~ mtye$ java -version
java version '1.6.0_07'
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_07-b06-153)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.6.0_07-b06-57, mixed mode)


Ah, that's much better. I feel so 2007 now!

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The following are the system requirements for installing the JDK and the JRE on macOS:

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• Any Intel-based computer running macOS.

• Administrator privileges.

  You cannot install Java for a single user. Installing the JDK and JRE on macOS is performed on a systemwide basis for all users. Administrator privileges are required to install the JDK and JRE on macOS.

• When you install the JDK, it also installs the JRE. However, the system will not replace the current JRE with a lower version.

  To determine the current JRE version installed on your system, see Determining the JRE Version Installed on macOS. To install an earlier version of the JRE, you must first uninstall the current version. See Uninstalling the JRE on macOS.

• When you install the JRE, you can install only one JRE on your system at a time. The system will not install a JRE that has an earlier version than the current version.

  To determine the current JRE version installed on your system, see Determining the JRE Version Installed on macOS. To install an earlier version of the JRE, you must first uninstall the current version. See Uninstalling the JRE on macOS.

  Note:

  Installing a JRE from Oracle will not update java -version symlinks or add java to your path. To do this, you must install the JDK.