You can’t argue with an Apple Java update, especially not in the wake of the Flashback trojan.
Late Tuesday, Apple released Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 9, providing “improved reliability, security and compatibility for Java SE 6.” The 76 megabyte download requires Mac OS X 10.6.8 to install and run.
The company also released Java for Mac OS X Lion 2012-004, which claims to offer improved compatibility, security and reliability for Java SE 6 and updates Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_33. The download comes in at 63.8 megabytes and requires OS X 10.7 or later to install and run.
The updates can also be located, snagged and installed with Mac OS X’s Software Update feature.
If you’ve tried the updates and have any feedback to offer, please let us know in the comments.