Title: About Page 404
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# About Page 404

 *  Resolved [robwilkerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robwilkerson/)
 * (@robwilkerson)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/about-page-404/)
 * Hey guys –
 * I just installed my first WP instance on localhost the other day to do some light
   plugin development and today I noticed that my About page can’t be found. I have
   the run-of-the-mill .htaccess file in my web root that WP told me to install 
   when I selected a “pretty” permalink style. It’s rw available to the Apache user(
   www). The admin section says the page is published.
 * What else should I be looking for?
 * Thanks.

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 *  Thread Starter [robwilkerson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robwilkerson/)
 * (@robwilkerson)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/about-page-404/#post-1435148)
 * So, as is the call all too often, I found the problem shortly after posting. 
   It seems my problem was caused by one of OSX’s “extended attributes”. Specifically
   the quarantine bit (@). Apparently, this bit is often set on compressed archives
   that are unpacked. Once I removed the bit, the “About” page loaded up just fine.

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 * [about](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/about/)
 * [not-found](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/not-found/)
 * [page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/page/)

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