When launching the Minecraft game(I am using 1.8.9), on my dock on a Mac, I'll see two apps running related to it:
The grass block is labeled Minecraft
, and it is the Minecraft launcher. The crafting table is labeled java
, and it is the game itself.
I can right-click on Minecraft
and quit it, and the game appears to be unaffected. I have launcher visibility in the profile unchecked, and the default is Close launcher when game starts
. When I close java
, Minecraft
immediately closes too.
What is the purpose of running Minecraft
while running java
and what will quitting Minecraft
affect?