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# bartpop

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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress localhost on Mac 10.6](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/)
 *  Thread Starter [bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/)
 * (@bartpop)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213526)
 * I’ll admit to being a WordPress noob 🙂 The article referenced above describes
   MAMP as: “MAMP is an application you can install on your Mac which allows you
   to have access to a local PHP server and MySQL server.”
 * I checked out the MAMP app available through the link on that page, but didn’t
   want to move my database and website docs.
 * Just happy to get it working in the end and hoping I can save someone time in
   the future. Cheers.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress localhost on Mac 10.6](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/)
 *  Thread Starter [bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/)
 * (@bartpop)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213515)
 * There are very good detailed instructions here:
 * [Snow Leopard, Apache, PHP, MySQL and WordPress!](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/306878?replies=6)
 * Which cover the installation in detail. I added a post to include the wp-config.
   php settings above. That was the final step to get WP up-and-running on my local
   machine.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress localhost on Mac 10.6](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/)
 *  Thread Starter [bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/)
 * (@bartpop)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213492)
 * Actually, I just got it working without MAMP. The trick was setting the DB_HOST
   in the wp-config.php file to: 127.0.0.1:3306
 * Using “localhost”, “localhost:3306” or “127.0.0.1” didn’t work but the above 
   address fixed my problem. Hope this info helps someone else.
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Snow Leopard, Apache, PHP, MySQL and WordPress!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/snow-leopard-apache-php-mysql-and-wordpress/)
 *  [bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/)
 * (@bartpop)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/snow-leopard-apache-php-mysql-and-wordpress/#post-1198921)
 * I had the same issue but finally found that if I changed the DB_HOST in my wp-
   donfig.php file to “127.0.0.1:3306” that everything started working. None of 
   the other setting worked for the DB_HOST: localhost, localhost:3306, or 127.0.0.1
 * Hope that helps someone in the future.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress localhost on Mac 10.6](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/)
 *  Thread Starter [bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/)
 * (@bartpop)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213451)
 * I just spent a little time working on this and was wondering: is MAMP
    necessary
   to set up wordpress locally on a Mac? It looks like it wants to use it’s applications/
   MAMP/htdocs folder as the root folder and move my database files as well. I’d
   rather keep everything in their original locations.
 * Has anyone set up WordPress locally without using MAMP?
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress localhost on Mac 10.6](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/)
 *  Thread Starter [bartpop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bartpop/)
 * (@bartpop)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-localhost-on-mac-106/#post-1213418)
 * Looks like I’m missing a key piece of the puzzle. I’ll get MAMP installed and
   take it for a test drive. Thanks for the quick response.

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