The final release has the following goals: Pass all appropriate certification tests for Java SE 7 Include a complete, native Cocoa-based UI Toolkit Provide excellent performance This Project is sponsored by the Porters. The goal of this Project is to produce a high-quality, open source version of JDK 7 for the Mac. What's new in Java for Mac OS X 2017-001: This package is exclusively intended for support of legacy software and installs the same deprecated version of Java 6 included in the 2015-001, 2014-001, and 2013-005 releases.Thank you for downloading this release of the Java TM Platform, Standard Edition Development Kit (JDK TM).The JDK is a development environment for building applications, applets, and components using the Java programming language.
The JRE component will prompt the user to install Java and download any additional items needed online Requires Mac OS X Java (JRE) for Mac is a Java runtime components to help developers include Java with their application. Download Java for OS X 2017-001 Java for macOS 2017-001 installs the legacy Java 6 runtime for macOS 10.13 High Sierra, macOS 10.12 Sierra, macOS 10.11 El Capitan, macOS 10.10 Yosemite, macOS 10.9 Mavericks, macOS 10.8 Mountain Lion, and macOS 10.7 Lion.