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Why should I use MAMP? Isn't everything already installed in OS X?
At the moment, when using OS X, only Apache 1.3.x with PHP 4.3.2 is pre-installed. PHP has to be activated by changing the configuration files. The Apache/PHP versions provided by Apple are not always up-to-date, and the Apache-PHP combination is quite slow. In addition, MySQL has to be installed manually.
With one click, and in just a few minutes MAMP will install Apache 2, current PHP 4, current PHP 5 and MySQL. Using the included eAccelerator, PHP-scripts are executed up to ten times faster compared to Apple's pre-installed Apache/PHP. When you use the MAMP programme, you can easily start and stop the server. Thus, the server does not have to be running in the background all the time, wasting precious resources. To "uninstall" MAMP, you only have to delete the MAMP directory and everything returns to the original state (MAMP does not alter anything on the "normal" OS X).
What are the system requirements for MAMP?
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher
at least 250 MB of free space on your hard drive
Find detailed information in Help -> Releases. at least 250 MB of free space on your hard drive
Where can I find documentation for the included software?
You can find the manuals for the software included in MAMP on the hompages of the respective developer.Documentation