just a question: did you install java and/or java SDK? Because if you don't have that you cant run .jar files.
Another thing that could be the problem: Recently some serieus bugs/leaks were found in java and as a reaction Apple forced all their computers to disable java completely without giving their users a choice. So that could also be the problem. Since I don't have a mac (and don't want one) I can't check that last statement, but that Apple removed java from all their systems is a fact, but it may only be related to java run from the browser and not java running at all.