Minecraft doesn't launch with Java 8

#1 Oct 19, 2014
SuperSonicFire
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Hello, friends. Since the update to OS X Yosemite, I've not been able to launch Minecraft. Doing so prompts a pop-up dialogue box which reads "please switch to legacy java version 6". However, I do not wish to do so, and also cannot downgrade at this point because previous version of Java aren't compatible with OS X Yosemite. When I read up about it online, I can't seem to find anyone else effected by this problem, so I am resorting to this wonderful forum for an answer. Anyone know what's going on?

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#2 Oct 20, 2014
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This is a known issue with Minecraft on OSX 10. Download Java from the apple support website (Link is below)

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572

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#3 Oct 20, 2014
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If you have the Java 8 JDK, you may also follow these instructions to modify the launcher and run Minecraft with it. https://gist.github.com/pudquick/7518753

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