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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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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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How to install Java on Snow Leopard?

I am a new Mac user. I need to install Java on my Mac OS X Snow Leopard. How do I accomplish this?
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Java (1.6.0_15) not working on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.2). Why?

I haven't used Java or visited any sites that use java applets in quite some time. However, today I did happen to run across a website that does have a java applet and to my surprise I get the ...
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Does anybody know how to make Snow Leopard recognize JVMs before 1.6

I can only see 1.6.0 (32 and 64bit) on the Java Preferences dialog, and I need it to run applications using Java 1.5.0
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