MacOSX

Mac OS X provides support for J2SE 1.3.1, 1.4.2 and 5.0 based applications and applets. J2SE 1.4.2 is supported on Mac OS X 10.3.1 or higher. Java 1.4.2 Release 2 provides J2SE 1.4.2_09 compatibility. See Apple's Java Developer site and Getting Started With Java for more information. With the release of Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), Java 2 v5 is supported (10.4 is required). Mac OS X 10.4 includes Java 1.4.2 providing J2SE 1.4.2_07 compatibility.

Java Version	Mac OS support	Date
Java 1.5.0_06	X 10.4.5+	Apr 2006
Java 1.5.0_05	X 10.4.2+	Nov 2005
Java 2 v5 "Tiger"	X 10.4 (Tiger)	Apr 2005
J2SE 1.4.2	X 10.3 (Panther)	Oct 2003
J2SE 1.4.1	X 10.2 (Jaguar)	Mar 2003
J2SE 1.3.1	X 10.2 (Jaguar) X 10.1 (Puma)	Aug 2002 Sep 2001
J2SE 1.3.0	X 10.0 (Cheetah)	Mar 2001
J2SE 1.2	None	N/A
1.1	Mac OS 9	Dec 1997
1.0	Mac OS 9	May 1996

FAQs/Release Notes

J2SE 5.0 Release 4 1.5.0_06 compatibility
J2SE 5.0 Release 3 1.5.0_05 compatibility
J2SE 5.0 Release 1 for Mac OS X 10.4 Release Notes
Java 1.4.2 for Mac OS X 10.4 Release Notes
Java 1.4.1 FAQ

Technical Notes / QA

Identifying Java on Mac OS X (TN2110)
Tailoring Java Applications for Mac OS X (TN2042)
Java Runtime Properties for Mac OS X (TN2031)
JBoss and Tomcat do not start after installing Java 1.4.2 Update (QA1025)
Setting the look-and-feel for Swing applications (QA1059)
Important Java Directories on Mac OS X (QA1170)
Prompting the user with MRJQuitHandler (QA1187)
HTTPS proxy settings and Java applets (QA1263)
Mixing AWT/Swing and Cocoa Java (QA1342)
Unsolicited About Boxes (QA1363)
Signed Applets hang when launched from JavaScript (QA1395)

Articles

2005 Feb	Developing Java Applications on Mac OS X with Eclipse
2004 Dec	Using Oracle JDeveloper 10g on Mac OS X
2004 Nov	Using Java Studio Creator on Mac OS X
2004 Sep	Bundling Java/SWT Applications for Mac OS X
2004 Jun	Eclipse and Mac OS X
2003 Oct	Mac OS X JNI Revisited
2003 Oct	Bringing your Java Application to Mac OS X Part Three How to package and distribute Java applications for Mac OS X.
2003 Sep	Create Desktop Applications with Java-Based Web Technologies
2003 Jul	Server-Side Java with the Struts Framework on Mac OS X
2003 Jul	Do-It-Yourself MIDP on Mac OS X by Michael Powers
2003 Mar	What's up with Mac OS X Java and QuickTime?
2003 Mar	Bringing your Java Application to Mac OS X Part Two Building Java applications to provide a more Mac feel to the user interface.
2003 Jan	Bringing your Java Application to Mac OS X Part One Tips to improve the user interface experience. Answers the question: Why is the Swing JUnit runner showing a blue bar when it should be red or green?
2002 Oct	Enterprise Java on Mac OS X - Using JBoss and Jetty on OS X.
2002 Sep	OS X Meets Java
2002 Apr	The IDEs of Mac Using JBuilder, IDEA, NetBeans, PowerBuilder and jEdit on OS X.
2002 Mar	Using AppleScript to Compile and Run Java Code
2002 Jan	Adding Spell Checking to Your Swing Applications
2001 Aug	Building a Simple Java Application in Mac OS X
2001 Jul	Running Java Applications on Mac OS X
	Java and Tomcat on Mac OS X, Part I - Covers installation and configuration.
	Java and Tomcat on Mac OS X, Part II - Covers JSPs, custom tag libraries and JDBC.

Books

Mac OS X for Java Geeks by Will Iverson, 2003.
Java for Mac OS X (German only) by Thomas Much, 2004.

Discussion about MacOSX

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