What is the “Security Warning” that comes up the first time I run the application?
There are several features of each application which require access to your system and network. To print, the application needs access to your local printer. To save and reload preferences, the application needs access to your local disk drive. To get its data, the application needs to make an outgoing connection across your network to our data server. These are the kinds of things applications do all of the time without warning you. To ensure that you are downloading the desired application, and not a malicious application, the executable files are signed to authenticate them. The warning is Java Web Start’s way of telling you that you are downloading an application that requires access to your system, and asking you to verify the application is coming from where you expect it. Why can’t I run the application on my older Mac? Apple does not provide Java 1.6 for any of its computers except Intel-based processors running Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). The latest details can be found on Apple’
