How to sync your MAMP install across multiple Macs

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portalpie picture portalpie · Nov 26, 2008 · Viewed 10.1k times · Source

I have MAMP set up on my iMac and on my Macbook. I want to keep both installs synced using dropbox. When upgrading MAMP the only 2 folders you need to transfer are 'db' & 'htdocs'. My theory is then that these are the only 2 folders I need to keep in sync. Sound right to you so far?

Syncing the 'htdocs' folder is easy as you can put it in your dropbox and point the MAMP preferences to the dropbox folder, but the 'db' folder has no such option.

Any suggestions on how I could keep the 'db' folder synced? Thanks.

Answer

nachomaans picture nachomaans · Nov 18, 2010

An easy way to create the symlink for MAMP's "db" folder without having to use Terminal is to use a Mac OS X service called SymbolicLinker, as explained here: http://www.stucktogetherwithtape.com/blog/2009/12/sync-web-dev-with-mamp-and-dropbox/

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