If you have problems with Java 6, contact Apple Technical Support.īefore starting the installation of Java using this tutorial you must have the following prerequisites Java 7 and later versions are not supported by these older versions of Mac OS X. Use Software Update available on the Apple menu to check that you have the most up-to-date version of Java 6 for your Mac. Fox Mac OSX, download the.dmg package and install it. If you don’t want to get out of couch and feeling lazy then easiest way to install JDK9 is to go to OpenJDK EA Build and download the build specific to your OS. This tutorial helps you to install Java 14 latest version or Java 11 LTS on macOS Sierra or High Sierra. The latest version is Java 14 which was released in March 2020. If you are preparing your system for the developing new java applications, you need to install JDK on your machine. Many of the useful application are build on Java and required Java runtime environment. Java is portable which means it follows to write once run anywhere paradigm. Java is a general-purpose, secure, robust, object-oriented language developed by Sun Microsystems in 1990.