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Did Apple just kill Java support on Mac OS X?

April 26, 2017Apple Java kill mac os x support

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Did Apple just kill Java support on Mac OS X?

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With the announcement of the App Store for Mac OS X, Apple also released a Java upgrade, and their release notes contain this ominous verbiage for Mac Java developers: Java Deprecation As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version of Java that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is deprecated. The release notes then go on to explain more about Apple/Mac Java being deprecated: This means that the Apple-produced runtime will not be maintained at the same level, and may be removed from future versions of Mac OS X. The Java runtime shipping in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, will continue to be supported and maintained through the standard support cycles of those products.