#Java runtime environment mac yosemite download

Java, like Flash is still a useful extension to have installed on your Mac for those websites that use it.

#Java runtime environment mac yosemite download

Don't download the development kit versions (JDK) or Server versions.

Now, there currently seems to be an unrelated problem with Java 8, in that once you've installed Java and rebooted, you may *still* get the dialog box you've cited. Yosemite needs Java 8, and what you need is the 'JRE' (the 'Runtime Environment') for OS-X. Don't download the development kit versions (=JDK) or Server versions. Yosemite needs Java 8, and what you need is the 'JRE' (the 'Runtime Environment') for OS-X. The website you're taken when you click the button in the dialog box is poorly designed and it is not immediately obvious what you need, especially under Yosemite. Yes, there's a Mac version, and the advantage is it's always the most current one. Installing Java from Oracle's website is now the user's responsibility.

This meant that, when a user fires up their browser and accesses any content that requires Java, instead of 'just working' (or at least throwing up an Apple prompt that auto-downloaded and installed Java), you get the kind of message you're seeing. Apple stopped providing a bundled Java implementation several versions ago (~10.7), because the version of Java they curated was always behind the 'current' version and this became acute when security holes in Java became more apparent and the 'official' version got updated so much more frequently.