You can try upgrading the Sage Jmol package manually. This has fixed
some problems on Mac + Chrome systems. See this thread:

http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support/browse_thread/thread/47046e1c81d75d24

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On Feb 28, 1:13 pm, Thomas Rike <tricycle...@mac.com> wrote:
> On Feb 28, 2011, at 2:27 AM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
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> >> I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask a question.
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> > Yes it is.
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> > I just downloaded the Sage-4.6.1-OSX-64bit-10.6 app to my 27" iMac and my 
> > MacBookPro. On my iMac I cannot use parametric_plot3d. The Java applet does 
> > not run. I get a black screen that shows a small "Error Click for details" 
> > in the upper left corner. Upon clicking I get a small pop up window: "The 
> > application failed to run. There was an error while executing the 
> > application. Click "Details" for more information. Clicking "Details" 
> > results in  Java Console opening showing:
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> >> Java Plug-in 1.6.0_22
> >> Using JRE version 1.6.0_22-b04-307-10M3261 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server 
> >> VM
> >> User home directory = /Users/trike
> >> ----------------------------------------------------
> >> c:   clear console window
> >> f:   finalize objects on finalization queue
> >> g:   garbage collect
> >> h:   display this help message
> >> l:   dump classloader list
> >> m:   print memory usage
> >> o:   trigger logging
> >> p:   reload proxy configuration
> >> q:   hide console
> >> r:   reload policy configuration
> >> s:   dump system and deployment properties
> >> t:   dump thread list
> >> v:   dump thread stack
> >> x:   clear classloader cache
> >> 0-5: set trace level to<n>
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> >> Anyone have any idea what is wrong?
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> > I have seen reports of issues with jmol, which would be used for the 3D 
> > plot causing problems on some Macs. I think a temporary fix will be to use 
> > Firefox as a browser, but people are looking at this issue.
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> > I don't use a Mac myself, so have not experienced this.
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> Thanks for the reply. I do use Safari as my browser, but when I switch to 
> Firefox the result is exactly the same. The most confusing thing is that I 
> have no trouble at all on my MacBookPro which is configured the same way my 
> iMac is since I migrated my MacBookPro to the iMac. One other thing is that I 
> have no trouble at all on the iMac if I run Sage in the terminal; the JMol 
> window opens fine and the graphics is as expected and can be manipulated with 
> the mouse. Still looking for ideas.
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> -Tom
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