Your time on your system is so far off the SSL certificates are seen as invalid; Fix this by putting your time right!
Your java install is broken. It is missing the root certificates and thus it is not able to validate the authenticity of the SSL certificate.
Kaspersky Antivirus prevents checking of the certificates. Disable it.
ESET prevents checking of the certificates. Disable it.
the launcher download for the snapshots dosent work and says
Bootstrap started
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: timestamp check failed
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 2/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: timestamp check failed
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 3/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: timestamp check failed
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 4/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: timestamp check failed
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 5/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: timestamp check failed
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 6/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: timestamp check failed
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 7/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: timestamp check failed
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 8/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: timestamp check failed
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 9/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: timestamp check failed
Downloading: https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/launcher.pack.lzma (try 10/10)
Exception: javax.net.ssl.SSLHandshakeException: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path validation failed: java.security.cert.CertPathValidatorException: timestamp check failed
Unable to download remote file. Check your internet connection/proxy settings.
FATAL ERROR: net.minecraft.bootstrap.FatalBootstrapError: Unable to download while being forced
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.execute(Bootstrap.java:83)
at net.minecraft.bootstrap.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:365)
Please fix the error and restart.is this just me or is this a problem
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Your java install is broken. It is missing the root certificates and thus it is not able to validate the authenticity of the SSL certificate.
My Java is up to date and everything for Mac OSX 10.6.8, so pretty much you have made it impossible for me to play minecraft from now on? If there is a fix that you know for my Java or something please help...
And Why have we not had this before?
Also: Can you make the in browser version of MC work on mac?
Yeah I can't play 1.6 because I can't update my Mac's version to be able to use Java 7. Is their any way possible to get Minecraft 1.6 working on Snow Leopard (Mac version 10.6.8).
I know how to fix it! (If you have ESET antivirus)
Go to the antivirus and click options, then Advanced settings (something like that) I dont know what it actually is because my computer's language is not in English. Then go to HTTP, HTTPS and choose "Don't check HTTPS protocol" and click apply.
(If you have Google Chrome and it can't open some pages - this will fix that issue too
This worked for me, if you have any more questions ask me !
On a Mac, try this:
Go to /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines in the Finder (you can type Command+Shift+G and paste the path in directly)
Delete everything in this folder
Open the Minecraft launcher
A system window will pop-up prompting you to install Java
Follow the instructions to install Java
Re-open the Minecraft launcher
Should work now
Um, I don't think it's a good idea to encourage people to install Java 6 on their Macs. We should be trying to move people on to Java 7 and 8 and educating people about the poor Minecraft.app setup. You've seen MCL-1049, right?
Jonathan, what's wrong with Java 6? If you have Java 7 installed, other programs will use it, creating no security issues. And Java 6 has no web plugin.
There's nothing inherently wrong with it, but it's old software that is no longer maintained by anyone. What other piece of software is the average Mac user going to use that also requires Java 6? Mojang has huge influence here, and they're leading millions of Mac users to install deprecated software.
Yes, which is why they should update their launcher to use Java 7 or 8.
Ante Blašković , I have ESET and tried to do what you said but the field for HTTPS filtering mode is blocked out. The program isn't allowing me to make changes
is your system time and time zone correct?