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Re: Mathematica and MacOSX 10.9 Mavericks

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• Subject: [mg131930] Re: Mathematica and MacOSX 10.9 Mavericks
• From: David Latin <d.latin at gmail.com>
• Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 23:46:55 -0400 (EDT)
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My point is that Mathematica 9 wants to install Java 6 (since it cannot run
with Java 7?).
However, the latest Firefox 24 reports the Java 6 to have a vulnerability
issue and wants to upgrade it to Java 7 (as per the screen-shot below).
I run Mathematica on OS X.

Can someone from Wolfram please confirm if Mathematica indeed cannot be run
with Java 7 installed, and will it be modified to run with Java 7 ?



On 30 October 2013 19:52, Sseziwa Mukasa <mukasa at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't work from Wolfram, but the first time I started Mathematica after
> the upgrade it informed me it needed to install Java 6.  I agreed to the
> installation and after waiting for the installation Mathematica continued
> it's startup just fine.  I'm not sure what this did to my Java
> installation, I don't customize or use it directly myself, but if you are
> not directly using the Mac's Java installation I don't think there's any
> reason for concern.
>
> On Oct 30, 2013, at 12:20 AM, David Latin <d.latin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I am thinking of upgrading soon, but am led to believe from Web
> discussions
> > that Mathematica 9 will not run with Java 7 (under OS X 10.6.8), but only
> > the Apple-provided Java 6 (some have reported having to uninstall Java 7
> > and go back to Java 6).
> > Also, I run FireFox and for some time the Java 6 applet plug-in has been
> > reported as "vulnerable" and requiring upgrade to Java 7.  But this
> > requires upgrading OS X.
> >
> > Can someone from Wolfram please clarify if Mathematica 9 will definitely
> > run with Java 7 ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > On 29 October 2013 10:27, Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I haven't seen any incompatibilities or surprises with Mathematica 9.0.1
> >> under OS X 10.9 (Mavericks). After upgrade from OS X 10.8.5 to 10.9, I
> can
> >> say of that the existing installation of Mathematica: it just works.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Oct 28, 2013, at 12:40 AM, Raul Martinez <j.r.martinez at mac.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I use Mathematica 9 on a MacBookPro currently running MacOS X 10.8.5
> >> (Mountain Lion).
> >>>
> >>> Yesterday, Apple released MacOS X 10.9 (Mavericks).
> >>>
> >>> Has anyone tried to run Mathematica 9 using Mavericks? If so, did you
> >> encounter problems or was it a seamless update?
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Murray Eisenberg
> >> murray at math.umass.edu
> >> Mathematics & Statistics Dept.
> >> Lederle Graduate Research Tower
> >> University of Massachusetts
> >> 710 North Pleasant Street
> >> Amherst, MA 01003-9305
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

• References:
  • Mathematica and MacOSX 10.9 Mavericks
    • From: Raul Martinez <j.r.martinez@mac.com>
  • Re: Mathematica and MacOSX 10.9 Mavericks
    • From: Murray Eisenberg <murray@math.umass.edu>