MAMP on Mac: Using IP Instead of Localhost

If you're using MAMP on your Mac, you might have encountered a common issue where you can't use port 80 or any other port because it's occupied by another process. This is a frustrating problem that can prevent you from running your local development environment smoothly.

The good news is that there's an easy solution to this problem. You just need to follow these simple steps to configure MAMP to use IP instead of localhost.

First, go to MAMP > Preferences > Ports Tab and click the 'Set to default Apache and MySQL ports' button. This will allow you to use port 80 (and almost any other) in MAMP.

If you're still having trouble accessing MAMP, there might be a process running in the background that's occupying the port. To check for this, run the following command in your terminal: `$ launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/` and then `launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/`.

If you're still having trouble accessing MAMP, there might be another process running that's using the port. To check for this, run the following command in your terminal: `ps | grep LISTEN`. This will show you a list of processes that are listening on ports.

If you find that there's a process with something like `*:http (LISTEN)`, you're in trouble. This means that another process is occupying the port and you'll need to stop it before you can use MAMP.

Finally, make sure that you can run MAMP in port 80 before trying to access your local development environment. If everything is set up correctly, you should be able to access your website using the IP address of your Mac instead of localhost.

By following these simple steps, you should be able to get MAMP running on port 80 and use it with an IP address instead of localhost. Happy coding!

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