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Mathematica 10.3.1 Mac OS 10.10.5 Location services - On Unclear what's going on. Updated Java to latest version: Java 8 Update 71 Caveat: Mathematica newbie studying the "Elementary Introduction to the Wolfram Language" online book. ...
Does anyone else experience this?  In Mathematica home edition 8.0.4.0, when I place a matrix using the typesetting tools (defaults to a 2 x 2 array) and then enter values and press 'enter' the program crashes - every time.