I recently started using XAMPP on Mac and it installed the \"lampp\" folder under \"Shared\" and showing as an IP address in Finder. So I can access the files via Finder but I\'
If you just want the http://localhost version, go and reinstall the non VM XAMPP.
Make sure you download & install a version where the name doesn't include '-VM' here: https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html