After you install the Java SE 6 Runtime for El Capitan, your normal Adobe software functions will return, such as Photoshop and Illustrator CS5. Alternatively, you can purchase the newest Adobe Creative Cloud software from here and not have this Java issue. Please consider a small and secure donation if this post helped you with your issue! Solved: My Mac uses El Capitan operating system. When I try to open CS4 apps it says install Java Legacy SE6 Runtime File, and where do I find this?
There are a few apps around – one is Oxygen, the superb XML editor – which still require the old Java 6 runtime, and will not run under more recent versions of Java.
Java for OS X 2015-001 beta installs the legacy Java 6 runtime for OS X 10.11 El Capitan. This package is exclusively intended for support of legacy software, and installs the same deprecated version of Java 6 included in the 2013-005 release.
Installed CS3 on mac running El Capitan. I get the following message when trying to launch CS3 'To open “Adobe Photoshop CS3” you need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime.' Will loading a legacy version of JAVA impact other programs looking for the current version? A window pops up advising me that I need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime. But the Java download is only for earlier OS X versions up. To El Capitan (OS X 10.10.). I did the Java download hoping that it might work, but it didn’t. I still get the pop up window preventing me from opening CS5.
You may recall from the days of OS X 10.7 Lion that Apple used to provide the Java 6 runtime. It still does: if an app complains that it needs this, you should obtain it from Apple here, as Oracle’s Java only provides more recent versions. Apple has updated this installer so that it works with, and on, OS X 10.11 El Capitan. And it does work.
What a tangled web we weave…
This article explains how to install Java 6 32bit on Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite.
Java 6 32bit is required when using the 32bit installer for PDF Studio – a powerful, low cost Adobe® Acrobat® alternative for Mac OSX. Note that the 32bit installer is no longer the recommended installer. The new recommended installer for PDF Studio is 64bit and does no longer require Java 6.
Java Se 6 Runtime Download Mac El Capitan
Steps to install Java 6 If you wish to continue with the old / original installer
Q: I upgraded my mac to OSX 10.10 Yosemite & 10.11 El Capitan and I am having trouble opening PDF Studio. I receive the message: “To open “PDF Studio 9” you need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime.” How can I fix this?
A: Like other applications such as Dreamweaver or Creative Suite, PDF Studio requires Java 6 in order to run. During the upgrade process to Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite or 10.11 El Capitan, Java may be uninstalled from your system. In order to reinstall and run PDF Studio you will need to install the Java 6 Runtime again. You may receive a dialog that will direct you to the site where you can download the Java 6 Runtime. Once installed you can proceed as normal with installing and using PDF Studio. You can follow the instructions below to complete the Java 6 installation.
Installing Java SE 6 Runtime
Java Se 6 Runtime For Mac El Capitan Installer
- Click on the “More Info…” button. The “More Info” button may be broken on some Yosemite minor versions. If so, go to the Mac Support site (support.apple.com/kb/DL1572) to download Java 6.
- Click on the Download button on the Mac support page
- This will begin downloading the Java installer. You can see the current status of the download on your dock.
- Once the download is complete, click on the downloads icon on the dock to open the download folder. Then click on the file labeled JavaForOSX2014-001.dmg to open the download.
- Then double click on the JavaForOSX.pkg file to open the Java 6 installer
- Follow the installation instructions to complete installing Java 6 on your system
- Once the installation is complete you can proceed as normal with installing and/or using PDF Studio. In some cases, you may need to reinstall PDF Studio as well due to the way that the Mac OSX 10.10 upgrade rearanges the files on the system.
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