So today i had to get Apache, PHP and Mysql running again on my macbook after installing a new hardrive. PHP is installed already so thats fine. Mysql a simple download and install. I stick to the 32 bit for now as it not everything plays nicely w/ the 64 bit. Especially not with Python. Apache is naturally installed. Just need to turn on/off the internet sharing within the System Preferences Pane. Then comes the tricky part. In the http.conf file: ensure that the line including the ModRewrite module is uncommented. The line will look like this: LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so Then go down to your system directive: And make it look like this: <Directory /> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All # Order deny,allow # Deny from all </Directory> Also ensure that in the /etc/apache2/users/username.conf file that it looks like: <Directory "/Users/username/Sites/"> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride all Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> Additionally when defining your Extra Virtual hosts: Make sure to enable all the error logs etc: ex: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin username@gmail.com DocumentRoot /Users/username/Sites/my.site.com ServerName local.site.com ServerAlias local.site.com RewriteLog "/Users/username/Sites/logs/my.site.com/rewrite_log" ErrorLog "/Users/username/Sites/logs/my.site.com/error_log" CustomLog "/Users/username/Sites/logs/my.site.com/access_log" common </VirtualHost>