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Taylor Culver
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Changed Port to 80 after installing MAMP, however the apache server doesn't start.

Unable to install MAMP appropriately

3 Answers

James Gill
James Gill
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Typically, Apache's at port 8888 for MAMP, not 80. and mySQL at 8889. You don't need to do any of what James described above.

James Andrews
James Andrews
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typically yes, but having to put the port in all the time is a pita when you can just type localhost.

James Andrews
James Andrews
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James Andrews
James Andrews
7,245 Points

OS X comes with apache installed by default. This creates a port conflict with MAMP because only one application can use a given port at any given time. The solution is to go to

If you're using a version of OSX before Mavericks (I read maybe also before mountain lion but I can't confirm) Apple Icon -> System Preferences -> Sharing -> Web Sharing (uncheck)

If you're using Mavericks (or maybe mountain lion) then you'll have to disable it by opening up terminal and using the following command.

sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd Disabled -bool true

make sure to restart your computer afterwards or run the command to stop the current apache process

sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl stop