First Steps
Completing the MAMP PRO installation
Section titled “Completing the MAMP PRO installation”When MAMP PRO is launched for the first time, any existing MySQL databases are copied from MAMP to MAMP PRO and the contents of /Applications/MAMP/htdocs are copied to ~/Sites/localhost, which is set as the document root for the default “localhost” site. A dialog box informs you of this action.
Starting the servers
Section titled “Starting the servers”Click the Start button in the top-right of the toolbar to launch Apache and MySQL.
In the Sites list on the left, each site shows its status with a color-coded icon:
- Blue – the site is accessible
- Light blue – the site is not accessible
Hover over an entry to see a tooltip explaining why a site is unavailable.
Apache uses port 8888 by default. Include the port number in the URL when opening a site: http://localhost:8888.
Each website you work on gets its own entry in the Sites list. If you have upgraded from MAMP, your existing localhost site is already listed.
Opening localhost in the browser
Section titled “Opening localhost in the browser”Your default site is “localhost”. Its files are stored in ~/Sites/localhost. Click the Open button to the right of the site name to open the site in your default browser.
