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Last active December 3, 2022 11:04
How to set or change the default Java (JDK) version on OSX (Mac)?

First of all check current java versions, run following command in the terminal

/usr/libexec/java_home -V

which will output something like the following:

Matching Java Virtual Machines (2): 9, x86_64: "Java SE 9" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.jdk/Contents/Home 1.8.0_152, x86_64: "Java SE 8" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_152.jdk/Contents/Home