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How can I increase the memory heap in pycharm
I am using pycharm and its memory shown at bottom right corner is 750M. I could not find any setting where I can increase that. Where do I increase that memory. I am using version 3.4.
I searched a ...
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What exactly is Java's new helper tool? Updating from Java 8 update 60 to Java update 71 on a Mac
I've looked around online and can't seem to find that much information of what Java's new helper tool is. I've found another thread here on SE but it doesn't explain that much. Is it something that ...
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What is the task "java" (parent process "launchd") doing on MacOS X?
I have a process called "java" showing up in my Activity Monitor that uses a good amount of CPU (4 - 8% average, 20 - 80% on occasion). It reports that "launchd" is its parent process.
Any idea what ...
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How to recover /usr/libexec/java_home executable on Mac OS X 10.8.5?
Today I accidentally delete the /usr/libexec/java_home executable on my Mac OS X 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) while trying to install latest JDK. Then, I realized that homebrew (package manager) and some ...
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No Java Applet support for Mac OS-X on Chrome 10.7.5 after 2012-006 update
Since the 2012-006 update to Apple Java, the Java Preferences pane has disappeared. Apple says that you install the latest version of Java from Oracle in order to reinstate support for Applets. But ...
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Poor Flash performance on Mac OS X?
I've been using Mac OS for almost 3 years now. What I have noticed couple of months ago, and what annoys me more and more over time, is that any Adobe Flash applications, content or adverts on website ...
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Uninstall Java on Mac OS X?
I'm working on a trouble shooting document for some desktop software that runs in Java. One of the last resort steps is to completely uninstall and reinstall the Java runtime. In Windows XP this can ...
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Android SDK emulator freezes on a Mac running OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
I'm having trouble running the Android SDK on both of my Macs running OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard. This appears to be a 64-bit vs. 32-bit issue, as Snow Leopard now defaults to 64-bit everything, ...
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Force reaping of java zombie processes on OS X 10.7
I have CrashPlan running on my MacBook Pro, and it went a little haywire. Essentially, it caused a fork bomb. Fortunately, I had an open Terminal window and was able to run this command:
sudo ...
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After upgrade to OSX Mavericks: "Unable to find any JVMs matching version 1.6"
After upgrading my work notebook from Mountain Lion (10.8.5) to the Mavericks (10.9.4) this weekend, everytime I open the terminal I now get the following error message:
Unable to find any JVMs ...
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Mac OS X: Java Applet requests "unrestricted acces"
My bank has a Java applet that requests "unrestricted access" to my computer.
Obviously, this seems a little 1984 to me... What happens when you allow this? Is the applet allowed
(Root) access to ...
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Okay to delete certain Java files on Mac?
I have a gigabyte worth of Java files on my computer that I don't think I need. They come in three flavors:
/Users/Me/Library/Application Support/Java/Java 1.8.66.17/Java 8 Update 66.app
/Users/Me/...
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How to have to two different versions of Java on the same computer in OS X
I got an iMac with OS X 10.11.2 El Capitan. I have installed the latest version of Java SE. However, I have a problem with running some Max for Live effects because Max for Live requires Java SE6 in ...
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I keep getting a Java incoming connections pop up
I keep getting the following message, "Do you want the application “java” to accept incoming network connections?"
First of all, what application? Second, if it's part of the browser, which sometimes ...
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Java -version reporting wrong version on Mac OSX Mountain Lion
I just installed Oracle's Java version 7u7 on my Mac (running OSX Mountain Lion). However, when I run java -version it still displays the old version (6u29).
How do I fix this? Do I even need to fix ...
