First Steps
Completing the MAMP PRO Installation
When MAMP PRO is started for the first time, any existing MySQL databases are copied from MAMP to MAMP PRO and the contents of the directory “/Applications/MAMP/htdocs” are copied to “~/Sites/localhost” and set as “Document root” for the site “localhost”. A dialog box will inform you of this action.
Note: It is not recommended to use “/Applications/MAMP/htdocs” as the document root for the “localhost” site (or any other site).
Starting the servers
Click on the “Start” button on the top right of the toolbar to launch Apache and MySQL.
In the left-hand column in the “SITES” area, you can see which sites are accessible after starting the servers and services. If the icon in front of the name of the site is blue, then the site is accessible; if the icon in front of the name of the site is a light blue, then the site is not accessible.
If you want to find out more about why a site is unavailable, move the mouse pointer over the corresponding entry and the information will be displayed in a tool tip.
The Apache web server (the default web server) uses port “8888” by default. This port must be specified when calling the local web page in the browser, e.g.: “http://localhost:8888”.
Sites
If you have upgraded from MAMP Free, you probably already have a website on your local host. If you want to work with additional websites, you should create a separate site for each of these websites. You will then have one site entry per website in the list.
