Yesterday Apple released Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1, which adds Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05. Release notes indicate that the update is for 64-bit Intel-based Macs only and cannot run on ...

According to the release, Apple will “contribute most of the key components, tools and technology required for a Java SE 7 implementation on Mac OS X, including a 32-bit and 64-bit HotSpot-based ...

Mac OS X Hints List the 64-bit GUI programs on your Mac Mac OS X Hints By Rob Griffiths, JUL 25, 2008 5:41 am PDT ...

There are no 64-bit versions of the Java Plugin, Java Web Start or Java Control Panel; however the 32-bit versions of the JRE can be installed on 64-bit systems in order to obtain this functionality.

MacOS 10.14 Mojave, the version of the Mac operating system before macOS Catalina, is the last version that supports 32-bit software. With Catalina, only 64-bit software will be supported.

For the same reasons any 64-bit application is desirable, to be able to address more than 4G of VM. Although in this case it's not a particular app but the JVM for Java apps so in theory a64-bit ...

Starting January 1, all new apps submitted to the Mac App Store must support 64-bit architecture, while existing apps must be updated to 64-bit by June 2018.