Minecraft crashes whenever i try to play the game

Incomplete without a crash report. Please attach it so the issue can be diagnosed.

i copied this off of the crash screne

Minecraft Crash Report ----
// I bet Cylons wouldn't have this problem.

Time: 8/16/14 2:39 PM
Description: Ticking screen

java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException
at java.nio.Buffer.checkIndex(Buffer.java:512)
at java.nio.DirectIntBufferU.get(DirectIntBufferU.java:248)
at bma.a(SourceFile:271)
at bma.a(SourceFile:220)
at bao.a(SourceFile:1694)
at bao.a(SourceFile:1652)
at bjb.a(SourceFile:125)
at hd.a(SourceFile:70)
at hd.a(SourceFile:13)
at ej.a(SourceFile:174)
at bcx.e(SourceFile:78)
at bao.p(SourceFile:1343)
at bao.ak(SourceFile:774)
at bao.f(SourceFile:728)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:148)

A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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– Head –
Stacktrace:
at java.nio.Buffer.checkIndex(Buffer.java:512)
at java.nio.DirectIntBufferU.get(DirectIntBufferU.java:248)
at bma.a(SourceFile:271)
at bma.a(SourceFile:220)
at bao.a(SourceFile:1694)
at bao.a(SourceFile:1652)
at bjb.a(SourceFile:125)
at hd.a(SourceFile:70)
at hd.a(SourceFile:13)
at ej.a(SourceFile:174)
at bcx.e(SourceFile:78)

– Affected screen –
Details:
Screen name: bcx

– Affected level –
Details:
Level name: MpServer
All players: 0 total; []
Chunk stats: MultiplayerChunkCache: 0, 0
Level seed: 0
Level generator: ID 01 - flat, ver 0. Features enabled: false
Level generator options:
Level spawn location: World: (8,64,8), Chunk: (at 8,4,8 in 0,0; contains blocks 0,0,0 to 15,255,15), Region: (0,0; contains chunks 0,0 to 31,31, blocks 0,0,0 to 511,255,511)
Level time: 0 game time, 0 day time
Level dimension: 0
Level storage version: 0x00000 - Unknown?
Level weather: Rain time: 0 (now: false), thunder time: 0 (now: false)
Level game mode: Game mode: survival (ID 0). Hardcore: false. Cheats: false
Forced entities: 0 total; []
Retry entities: 0 total; []
Server brand: ~_ERROR~ NullPointerException: null
Server type: Non-integrated multiplayer server
Stacktrace:
at bjf.a(SourceFile:289)
at bao.b(SourceFile:1972)
at bao.f(SourceFile:737)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:148)

– System Details –
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.7.10
Operating System: Mac OS X (x86_64) version 10.6.8
Java Version: 1.6.0_65, Apple Inc.
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (mixed mode), Apple Inc.
Memory: 102627416 bytes (97 MB) / 169922560 bytes (162 MB) up to 1060372480 bytes (1011 MB)
JVM Flags: 5 total; -Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M
AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
Launched Version: 1.7.10
LWJGL: 2.9.1
OpenGL: Intel GMA X3100 OpenGL Engine GL version 2.0 APPLE-1.6.36, Intel Inc.
GL Caps: Using GL 1.3 multitexturing.
Using framebuffer objects because EXT_framebuffer_object is supported.
Anisotropic filtering is supported and maximum anisotropy is 16.
Shaders are available because ARB_shader_objects, ARB_vertex_shader, and ARB_fragment_shader are supported.

Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs: []
Current Language: English (US)
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
Vec3 Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
Anisotropic Filtering: Off (1)

i also tired to folow the crash through treminal and got this when i joined a world/server
[14:43:42 INFO]: Looking for orphaned versions to clean up...
[14:43:43 INFO]: Looking for old natives & assets to clean up...
[14:43:59 ERROR]: Game ended with bad state (exit code 255)
[14:43:59 INFO]: Ignoring visibility rule and showing launcher due to a game crash
[14:43:59 INFO]: Crash report detected, opening: /Users/joeylink/Library/Application Support/minecraft/crash-reports/crash-2014-08-16_14.43.59-client.txt
[14:43:59 INFO]: Deleting /Users/joeylink/Library/Application Support/minecraft/versions/1.7.10/1.7.10-natives-1408221822528643000
[14:43:59 INFO]: Reported crash to Mojang (ID 0)

Dupe of MC-38527

The view distance has been set to an invalid value that isn't supported in 1.7.10. There are instructions in that post to resolve this.

your Java version is incredibly out of date. latest is 1.7.67

how do i update it?

ok thanks sonic!