When the pop-up window appears on your screen (telling you to install the legacy Java 6 runtime), click on the More Info.

And, you DO NOT need to uninstall SE 8 and then install SE 6. Note: You can have both Java SE 8 and Java SE6 installed on your computer without any issues.

So, even when the operating system have installed Java Runtime 8, it will NOT run apps that rely on Java Runtime 6. However, Java Runtime is not backward compatible. Mac OS X Yosemite (and the newer versions) are having a later version of Java Runtime (SE 8.0). This problem occurs because these apps (Adobe CS5, CS5, etc.) are relying on Java 6. (Eclipse, PDF Studio 9, FileMaker Pro Advanced, Patch Tool, Dreamweaver, even the famous game Minecraft.) After double-clicking on some of Adobe’s apps, a message pops up informing you that to open the app you need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime.īesides the Adobe CS5 and CS6 packages, other apps require Java SE 6 Runtime. If you are trying to launch any Adobe CS6 or CS5 programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, etc.) on OS X Yosemite or later, you will most likely face a problem.

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