Comments on: Getting back the Cocoa-Java bridge in Snow Leopard

By: saiful

saiful — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:38:57 +0000

Hi, I don't have any leopard installation. Can anyone send or point me the leopard files? Where can I get those files if I don't have a leopard disk or installation?

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:00:39 +0000

Ah, that is indeed a bummer. But the writing was on the wall anyway. I didn't expect this hack to work forever. Maybe someone will come up with a workaround that works for Lion.

By: Norville

Norville — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:51:00 +0000

So I upgraded to Lion… the upgrade left /System/Library/Java/com alone completely, but it cleaned out the files in /usr/lib/java. I put the Leopard version of these files (and symlinks) back in place. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to get my Cocoa-Java applications working again. Maybe they're broken for good under Lion… bummer. Hope someone else has better luck than me.

By: Todd

Todd — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:32:05 +0000

Thanks Andy. This worked for me. I'm not sure if it is advised, but it worked. We'll see what happens when 10.7 comes out.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:09:23 +0000

Great!

By: Norville

Norville — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 06:43:24 +0000

Thank you, thank you! Your instructions worked like a charm — I copied the com directory and the 4 dylib files, and then recreated the symlinks by hand. The Cocoa-Java app I needed to use (CocoaBooklet) now works again in 10.6! Made my day.

By: Simon Ng

Simon Ng — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:42:54 +0000

I am able to do everything on the above, but cannot locate the 8 files stated in /usr/lib/java.

I was only able to locate 6 files in location /Macintosh HD/Library/Home?shared_bundle/Libraries/*.dylib

Please help.