Hi, I’m wondering if Java ever came pre-installed on Apple’s Mac OS X operating systems. If someone could verify with an older system/machine running them by checking in:
Macintosh HD > Library > Java > JavaVirtualMachines >
and post the results, it would be deeply appreciated. Preferably looking for J2SE 5.0 or J2SE 1.3.
Mac OS 9 came with Java, but I can’t tell which version. It won’t let me open the folder, so I can tell.
Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) came with J2SE 1.3
Edit2- Was even able to run BlueJ 1.3.5 via a .JAR file installation. I couldn’t run Java applications through the IDE though, which is weird. Instead I hadto run them manually through Terminal. Still got them working though!
Edit3- Java was not located under:
Macintosh HD > Library > Java > JavaVirtualMachines
instead it was under:
Macintosh HD > Library > Java
Might have to try using this Terminal command to find out. I may test this later.
Edit- Apparently Mac OS 9 did not come with/have its own Terminal, so I can’t do this. Guess I might never know.
Edit- OS X 10.1 came with J2SE 1.3.1
Edit2- OS X 10.2 came with J2SE 1.3.1 as well
Edit3- OS X 10.3 came with J2SE 1.4.1_01
Edit4- OS X 10.4.6 came with J2SE 1.4.1_07
Edit7- OSX 10.5 came with J2SE 1.5.0_13
Edit6- OS X 10.6.3 came with Java 6 1.6.0_17
Edit5- OS X 10.7.5 did NOT come with Java, instead it redirects you to download it.
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