Apple Releases Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 5

It's safe to assume this update is included in Snow Leopard?

[sarcasm] OMG! Apple's still supporting 10.5 Leopard! I would've thought that Apple would've totally forgotten about it after it released Snow Leopard! [/sarcasm]

I hope this shows all those PPC users who whine about not being able to run Snow Leopard on their PPC computers will quiet them down a bit. While they might be able to run Snow Leopard, Apple still cares enough to make what they can run more stable. Not trying to flame, but all those complainers do get annoying after a while to be honest.

It's safe to assume this update is included in Snow Leopard?

Well, sort of. My understanding is that Snow Leopard's Java is Java 1.6.0_15, which is the same Java 6 version provided with this update.

However, Snow Leopard has removed earlier versions of Java, so the Java 5 and Java 4 updates that are part of this update are not included in Snow Leopard (because the applicable Java versions themselves are not included).

Well, sort of. My understanding is that Snow Leopard's Java is Java 1.6.0_15, which is the same Java 6 version provided with this update.

However, Snow Leopard has removed earlier versions of Java, so the Java 5 and Java 4 updates that are part of this update are not included in Snow Leopard (because the applicable Java versions themselves are not included).

I did my software update and it says I am up to date.

Downloaded and Installed fine on Leopard. Everything works fine.

It's safe to assume this update is included in Snow Leopard?

Yeah. If you open up Terminal and type java -version it should say 1.6.0_15 which is this update.

Downloaded and Installed fine on Leopard. Everything works fine.

I got an error message saying it was unable to download. I simply tried again and it worked. :shrug:

[sarcasm] OMG! Apple's still supporting 10.5 Leopard! I would've thought that Apple would've totally forgotten about it after it released Snow Leopard! [/sarcasm]

I hope this shows all those PPC users who whine about not being able to run Snow Leopard on their PPC computers will quiet them down a bit. While they might be able to run Snow Leopard, Apple still cares enough to make what they can run more stable. Not trying to flame, but all those complainers do get annoying after a while to be honest.

Let's talk Tiger. Sold on brand new computers two years ago. Not supported today.

Demand five years of security updates!

Let's talk Tiger. Sold on brand new computers two years ago. Not supported today.

Demand five years of security updates!

They do release Tiger versions of security updates. This is a Java update.

An aside - can anyone explain the numbering and different versions of Java listed here? It's never made sense to me.

They do release Tiger versions of security updates. This is a Java update.

An aside - can anyone explain the numbering and different versions of Java listed here? It's never made sense to me.

So where is the Java update? The last 10.5 Java update was co-released with a version for Tiger.