When the JRE updates, it does not automatically update the JDK.Īs instructed, you installed the Java Development Kit, which should only be required by Java developers. See that option labeled Download newly available updates in the background Click to uncheck. But the versions of the JDK and JRE can diverge since the JRE can check for updates and request installation by itself. Now click on App Store in the Menu Bar, then click on Preferences. You need this to compile Java applications.
If you're familiar enough with the Terminal, you can manually fix this, but the JDK installer is the safer way. Sierra brings with it a picture-in-picture mode, wherein you can pop out a movie in iTunes or Safari and watch in a separate stay-on-top window. Reinstalling the JDK is one way to resolve the issue. This could be the case for others having this issue. One thing that I've noticed with major OS updates, like Sierra or El Capitan, Apple seems to have a knack for randomly messing with installed developer tools, like breaking links to my JDK installation. Reason: Fixed thread title and wording of post I’d be more than happy to completely uninstall Java permanently, due to its questionable safety and what-not, but why do I keep getting the pop-up shown in Exhibit A, above? How do I determine what is installed on my iMac that keeps trying to call Java? macOS 'Sierra' offers additional options for offsite storage.
To learn how to do that please read macOS Sierra: Increase disk space. The only way to stop it from appearing is to increase available storage space so that your Mac can continue to work normally. Whenever there's a major change in an operating system, the press conferences focus on the big changes - how it'll really affect your life on a daily basis. (114,461 points) A: When that message appears, it should not be ignored. I then close out the browser, continue using my computer, then everything happens again about two or three hours later. Published macOS Sierra has a new feature that lets you pop out and view YouTube videos in 'picture-in-picture' mode on your desktop using the Safari browser. Then I click the button that says “Agree and Start Free Download” but then this message appears: Then I click on Done and Safari’s pop-up disappears and I’m back at the website I posted above: So I went to the Security pane of Safari preferences and placed a checkmark by “Java”, like so: Obviously, I clicked on “More Info…” which takes me to the following website but there’s a Safari pop-up over the site: Ever since updating to macOS Sierra, I see the following pop-up every two or three hours or so: