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After installing Java for OS X 2013-005 update for Mavericks, I follow this Re-enable article to re-enable Java 1.6 but noticed something quite wrong. Problem is that whenever I verify Java with javatester, I always see empty box without anything. So I double check the steps in Re-enable article and found that at step number 4:

sudo ln -sf /System/Library/Java/Support/Deploy.bundle/Contents/Resources/JavaPlugin2_NPAPI.plugin /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

The folder JavaPlugin2_NPAPI.plugin is just containing a series of itself:

/System/Library/Java/Support/Deploy.bundle/Contents/Resources/**JavaPlugin2_NPAPI.plugin**/Contents/Resources/**JavaPlugin2_NPAPI.plugin**/Contents/Resources/**JavaPlugin2_NPAPI.plugin**/Contents/Resources/JavaPlugin2_NPAPI.plugin/Contents/Resources/**JavaPlugin2_NPAPI.plugin**/...<it goes on>

This thing doesn't look right for me. Since the Re-enable article is quite confusing, does anyone know which step did I do wrong?

Andrew Thompson
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The way I see it, you're trying to run an applet using the Java plugin. However, Apple has removed the plugin since Java for OS X 2012-006. Quote from the very Apple support page you've linked to:

"this update disables the Java SE 6 applet plug-in"

So if you want to be able to run applets within a browser, you'll need to install Java 7 from Oracle instead.

Davy
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