alternative to MAMP

SooTyLaD · 13 May 2008 at 15:56

hi guys...

could i have some recommendations for MAMP replacements? i like the concept of it all (a nice little widget to switch the server on/off etc) but the fact of the matter is it hardly works:

• when i first turn the mac on, it says the server is on, but it isn't (this happens 2/3 times)

• you can't stop the server (in an attempt to restart it - for e.g. i pressed stop servers about 5 minutes ago, and its still showing that glitchy thinking spinning graphic on the widget)

so yeah, something similar but reliable would be great

SooTyLaD · 13 May 2008 at 16:05

actually, just read on the mamp forums that its a known problem that they are working on and the workaround is to go to preferences then click ok... it thinks a while then all is fixed

thought i'd post the solution incase anyone else is having this issue... hopefully its just temporary...

kvfb97 · 14 May 2008 at 18:59

I was having problems, got MAMP pro and haven't had any problems since.

Sic · 14 May 2008 at 19:04

Install xcode (for all the delicious C compilers) and compile everything from source.