Viewing MAMP Pro site on iPad

Question

I\'ve just started using the paid version of MAMP, MAMP Pro, and I\'m having some trouble accessing my site via my iPad/iPhone.

I\'ve got my MAMP server set up with the

Answer 1

Use a xip.io address.

Select your host in MAMP PRO (client.dev in this example), go to the Advanced tab and put this in the Customized General Settings: ServerAlias client.*.xip.io

Set WP URLs to http://client.YOUR-LOCALHOST-IP-ADDRESS.xip.io.

For development, it's better to set a static IP DHCP address in your system preferences.

Restart everything, run!

I've answered the same a bit more in-depth in WordPress Answers.