Stop password prompt on MAMP startup

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Chris J Allen picture Chris J Allen · Oct 16, 2008 · Viewed 27.8k times · Source

I develop using MAMP pro on my Mac. When I start MAMP it prompts me for a password if I use port 80. If I use a higher port it doesn't prompt me, but I have to append the port number in the URL ( eg dev.local:8888 ). Does anyone know how to make it not prompt for password when using standard ports? Thank you.

Answer

Damian picture Damian · Jul 31, 2010

I've put together an app that allows you to start/stop MAMP's Apache and MySQL without the password request, even on port 80. It stores the password in Keychain, so you only need to enter it once. It has a nice icon too!

Download: http://www.46palermo.com/blog/run-mamp-without-password-easy-way/

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