There has been a lot of security drama around Java for Mac recently. Once upon a time, this wouldn’t have been felt on the fairer platform, but the Mac’s growth has made the rest of us a target. Thankfully, there are easy ways to protect your Mac and, of course, updates like these for OS X Lion and Snow Leopard.

• Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 10, download
— Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 10 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_35.

• Java for OS X 2012-005, download
— Java for OS X 2012-005 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_35 on Macs running OS X Lion v10.7 or later.

• Java for OS X 2012-005
— Delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility for Java SE 6 on OS X 10.8.

These Java for Mac updates configure the plug-in to deactivate when no applets are run for an extended period of time, which is a prudent approach to Java management.

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