Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author to MacFixIt since the spring of 2008. One of his passions is troubleshooting Mac problems and making the best use of Macs ...

Java is kind of a pain in the butt, if you ask me, but there are many sites that use it. A friend of mine contacted me this weekend looking for help in getting her Java up and running so she could ...

Java used to be deeply embedded in OS X, but in recent versions of the OS it's an optional install. Here is how to check to see if it is installed, and how to disable or remove it. Topher Kessler ...

A year ago, Steve Jobs appeared onstage at the annual JavaOne conference in San Francisco and vowed to make the Mac the “best Java delivery vehicle on the planet.” A lot’s changed since then — namely, ...

Ever since I installed OS X Yosemite I can’t open Photoshop CS5. The error message I get is ‘To open “Adobe Photoshop CS5” you need to install the legacy Java ...

Apple today issued a Java update for OS X Lion and Snow Leopard to make it more difficult for hackers to exploit other vulnerabilities. The update brought Java 6 up to par with Oracle’s version 35, ...