Apache not starting in MAMP (but MySQL working) in OSX

Question

I\'ve had MAMP working for a few months and recently installed PostgreSQL. It recommended installing Apache as well, which I did to make sure PostgreSQL worked. I then uninsta

Answer 1

1) Quit MAMP

2) Use the command-line to run:

$ sudo apachectl restart

3) Open MAMP and start Apache

4) Apache should start this time with any luck

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My situation was that when I used the command-line to run:

$ sudo apachectl stop

nothing changed. And when I used the command-line to run:

$ sudo apachectl start

I received the message

httpd (pid 600) already running

I tried restart instead and it worked.