Using Java 7 on OSX
Does your current version point to JDK6 even though you’ve installed JDK7? matt$ ls -l /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK 8 lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 59 21 Nov 14:43 /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK -> /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents The do this: sudo rm /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_51.jdk/Contents/ /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK If it’s not already, set JAVA_HOME accordingly in your ~/.bash_profile: export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home Test it worked: matt$ java -version java version "1.7.0_51" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_51-b13) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24....