I've never had a problem with a java update before so I got greedy/sloppy. Got into this mess because I was trying to minimize downtime. So, if you can't be Really Smart, at least be Smart!Īnother note.

Sure plenty of OTHER people have had problems with java updates, but, well, what is that old saying? I've never had a problem with a java update before so I got greedy/sloppy. The Java Uninstall Tool runs as a portable app and can be used to remove older versions of Java installed on your computer as well as provide a link to download. Note - this seems to have worked just fine to clean up whatever update 16 broke for us, but I suspect that we could have used pacifist to install updates 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and then 14 and been really really likely to undo whatever bad thing update 16 did.Īnother note. The guessing game is a little annoying - an article on the support page that would come up when you search for java for 10.6 update 15 saying that apple has removed the update and don't install it if you downloaded it would be, well, courteous!) (We have Update15, but, a) apple has removed it from the support downloads site, and b) 16 came really fast after 15 - so I suspect that 15 is broken somehow. We used Pacifist ( ) to re-install the java Update14

Roll back java update