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[OSX 10.6] Processing 2.1 does not supports it
I am curious :
Processing 2.1 drops OSX 10.6 support because of Java 7u45 ( or 7u40 or later ) requirement ?
If so , it depends on the fact that Processing now is only 64-bit on OS X , because it supports only Oracle's Java and Oracle's Java only supports 64-bit machines ?
If so , what in is so essentially essential in Java 7 for Processing ?
I own an old Macbook supporting only osx 10.6.8 ( ok , ok , seems that there are some workarounds to install more recent versions or I can always reinstall some Linux flavor on it ) , I won't buy a new Mac just to use the last Processing version and I am wondering if I am missing something really unmissable in the 2.1 version ...
Thank you
Answers
Processing uses Java, but doesn't define how Java evolves and runs. We're entirely at the mercy of decisions that Apple and Oracle make. We needed to switch to 7 for a number of reasons. I recommend reading the revisions, these notes don't tell the full story, but it's a start: https://raw.github.com/processing/processing/master/build/shared/revisions.txt
Thank you for the reply .
I had already read the text , but I can not find anything ( or maybe "retina displays" are the point ) about the need to switch Java version and drop 10.6 support . Maybe the reason is in the rest of the full story .
Well , I can always continue using an old version , I am just curious .
P.S. : "Unfortunately Java 7 is also much larger than Java 6" is my favorite point : )
From what I gather you no worst of than many other Mac users, including those with shiny new systems with Mavericks installed, who invariably seem to end up installing java-6 from Apple and then use processing-2.0.3.
I am a user of osx 10.9 (not sure that was a well thought-through upgrade), and I can't run processing 2.1 at all even after installing oracle java 7u45 ... seems I will not enjoy the merits of 2.1 anytime soon
Processing 2.1 runs on OS X 10.9 with Java 7u45. You may open the Java Control Panel and delete the cache files.