# Java 7 for Mac

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-7-for-mac/5983>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [March 7, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-7-for-mac/5983 "2013-03-07T13:50:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![BeyondWireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@BeyondWireless](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BeyondWireless)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-7-for-mac/5983/1 "2013-03-07T13:50:41Z")

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I have been trying for months now to get this right, but cannot get Ignition to run on my Mac. I have upgraded to Ver. 7 u 17 and it still does not work.

Help!

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-7-for-mac/5983/2 "2013-03-07T14:59:27Z")

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What doesn’t work? Gateway? Designer? Clients?

What do you mean by doesn’t work? What error(s) are you seeing?

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**Author:** ![BeyondWireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@BeyondWireless](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BeyondWireless)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-7-for-mac/5983/3 "2013-03-08T14:26:33Z")

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[quote=“Kevin.Herron”]What doesn’t work? Gateway? Designer? Clients?

What do you mean by doesn’t work? What error(s) are you seeing?[/quote]

- I can get into the page showing all projects (including the note at bottom showing I have an acceptable version of Java)
- When I try run a project or launch the designer, I get the Java 7 popup with … running continuously.
- This is a newish Macbook Pro (Retina) with OS X 10.8.2

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-7-for-mac/5983/4 "2013-03-08T15:00:35Z")

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Alright, I’m not sure about the javascript on the gateway detecting the correct version of Java, but the Designer/Client launching is a known bug in Java Webstart. See [this thread](http://inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=9330&p=32182) for info on how to get it started.

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**Author:** ![BeyondWireless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@BeyondWireless](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BeyondWireless)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/java-7-for-mac/5983/5 "2013-03-10T20:04:51Z")

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Thanks Kevin - back in business …