Installation
Installation Requirements
To use MAMP, your system must meet the following requirements:
- Microsoft Windows 10+ (32-bit or 64-bit). MAMP 4 will work on Windows Server OS (although it is not officially supported).
- 1GB OF RAM
- .NET Framework 4.0
New Installation
- Download MAMP PRO from www.mamp.info.
- Double click on the file “setup_MAMP_MAMP_PRO_4.x.exe” in your download folder.
- The Windows Installer will guide you through the installation process.
MAMP and MAMP PRO can be installed on any standard Windows drive such as C:, D:, E:, etc. For simplicity, we recommend installing in the default directory (C:\MAMP). We strongly advise against installing MAMP and MAMP PRO in a system folder, because the MAMP servers (Apache, MySQL, Nginx) require write permissions for the “log”, “configuration”, “htdocs” and “databases” folders. These cannot be granted by the Windows security concept if MAMP and MAMP PRO have been installed in the Program Files, Windows, User or other system folder. Changing User Account Control (UAC), Windows Defender, and Work Permissions settings is not a recommended way to maintain system security.
When MAMP is installed, both a “C:\MAMP PRO” folder and a “C:\MAMP” folder are installed. You can ignore the C:\MAMP PRO folder if you do not want to use MAMP PRO.
Upgrade From MAMP 3
Before upgrading from MAMP 3 to MAMP 4, you should back up your database data, which is located in “C:\MAMP\db”.
- Download MAMP PRO from www.mamp.info.
- Double-click the file “setup_MAMP_MAMP_PRO_4.0.exe” in your download folder.
- The Windows Installer will guide you through the installation process.
Upgrading MySQL Data
MAMP 4 uses MySQL 5.6. You must first install MAMP 3.3 or higher in order to install MAMP 4.
Uninstall
Use Add/Remove programs in Control Panel to uninstall MAMP. The Windows Uninstaller will also uninstall MAMP PRO.