SOLUTION # 1 (IF YOU WANT TO EDIT XML FILE)
I would like you to download Magento 2 zip from magentocommerce.com/download
, create new db in phpmyadmin, extract zip in htdocs folder. Install Magento 2 but do not use localhost use 127.0.0.1 in store URL and admin URL. After successful installation DO NOT run magento.
Now we are going to clear / delete caches and sessions of Magento 2. Go to following paths and delete everything:
ROOT > var > cache > *DELETE ALL*
ROOT > var > page_cache > *DELETE ALL*
ROOT > var > session > *DELETE ALL*
When Magento 2 is not in production mode, it will try to create symlinks for some static resources on local server. We have to change that behavior of Magento 2 by going to edit ROOT > app > etc > di.xml
file. Open up di.xml
in your favorite code editor, find the virtualType name="developerMaterialization"
section. In that section below, you will find an item <item name="view_preprocessed" xsi:type="object">
which needs to be modified. You can modify it by changing the following content:
Magento\Framework\App\View\Asset\MaterializationStrategy\Symlink
To:
Magento\Framework\App\View\Asset\MaterializationStrategy\Copy
Now last step, also delete old files generated in ROOT > pub > static > DELETE ALL EXCEPT .HTACCESS
I personally tried it on my localhost using MAMP, EasyPHP DevServer, Xampp and Wampp and successfully installed and using Magento 2.
For further you can check out this link:
Magento 2 CSS and JavaScript not loading from correct folder
SOLUTION # 2
Install Composer. Now I would like you to download Magento 2 zip from magentocommerce.com/download
, create new db in phpmyadmin, extract zip in htdocs folder. Install Magento 2 but do not use localhost use 127.0.0.1 in store URL and admin URL. After successful installation DO NOT run magento.
Now we are going to verify Composer installation, Deploy static content, clear / flush Magento cache and reindex the Magento 2 blocks. To perform all above actions, press WINDOWS KEY + R to open RUN dialog and type “cmd” to open Command Prompt.
Type “cd PATH_TO_YOUR_MAGENTO2_FILES” to enter in Magento 2 ROOT directory.
Now to verify Composer installation in above directory, type “composer install”.
If you get any error in this step, please check your Composer
installation
In this step, we are setting up static content to deploy on our Magento store. To perform this, type “php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy”.
If you get any error, check your PHP.EXE and PHP.INI Environment
Variable
Clear / Flush Magento cache by typing “php bin/magento cache:flush” in CMD.
And finally, to Reindex Magento Static Blocks type “php bin/magento indexer:reindex”.
You are done with successful installation of Magento 2.
The following steps should help your speed up your dev box:
Disable CSS / JS minification or enable production mode
When developer mode is enabled, CSS and JS minifying / combining is processed on the fly. This process uses a lot of CPU usage and makes Magento very slow.
I'd recommend to either enable production mode or disable all CSS and JS related optimizations when using developer mode.
Close Chrome dev tools or enable browser cache
Besides the above, the front-end can take a very long time to load when chrome dev tools is open with cache disabled in the network tab. Closing dev tools or enabling the cache in dev tools will solve that issue.
Enable Magento cache except FPC
Enabling all caches except the FPC generally speeds up Magento 2 a lot, while allowing you to still work with it reasonably well.
Disable xDebug
If PHP xDebug is enabled, you should disable it and only enable it when debugging.
Best Answer
When to delete the logs file of MAMP, sometime when an error appear, the log will be write to logs file, and if the size of file too big, this will make MAMP slow.
Try to delete 3 file inside log folder:
Restart MAMP, hope it help!