Disabling Java in OS X requires doing so for each user account; however, even terminal commands for doing this may be a bit impractical to use as a substitute.

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.

As Apple has looked to increase the security of OS X, it has increasingly distanced itself from Java over the last couple of years.

Java browser plug-in functionality restored to Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion after latest blacklisting Apple on Friday shipped an update to Java 6 for Mac users running OS X Snow Leopard ...

Pretty much every tech writer in the universe over the past couple of days has been weighing on how Google's Chrome OS announcement will affect their little corner of the world, and I am certainly ...

Apple has further distanced itself from Oracle's Java software framework with a Mac update released on Wednesday that removes a Java plugin from all Mac-compatible Web browsers. Users who install ...

Security software maker Intego says this Mac OS X version of the Koobface worm is being served as part of a multi-platform attack that uses a malicious Java applet to attack users.

Apple has released updated versions of Java for OS X, following a prominent hacking of Apple employees' Macs, plus the remote blocking of the Java plugin due to security vulnerabilities. This is ...

At the same time, SavaJe has said its Java OS will be optimised for Texas Instruments' OMAP processors.

Oracle has announced that it will be releasing and updating Java for OS X direct to users, avoiding the kind of delay in patching critical vulnerabilities that may have led to the Flashback ...

A Java vulnerability, fixed six months ago by Sun, remains at large in OS X even as of the last major system update.