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The line Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin '*' is necessary, because only then you can use CSS-files, JS-files and images from when you're on and vice-versa.ĭocumentRoot '/Users/marcvos/Dropbox/Sites' (MBP) Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin '*'ĭocumentRoot '/Volumes/Data HD/Dropbox/Sites' $ sudo vi /etc/apache2/extra/nfĭocumentRoot '/Library/WebServer/Documents' These settings are stored in /etc/apache2/extra/nf: Next, setup the domains (aka virtual hosts). Now your Mac knows the other Mac by name, system wide. with your local IP-adresses and use the names of your own Macs) Localuser -> /Users/marcvos/Dropbox/Sites/įirst, edit your /etc/hosts file on both Macs and add the localuser-domain below the localhost-settings: Imac2012 -> /Volumes/Data HD/Dropbox/Sites/ Localuser -> /Volumes/Data HD/Dropbox/Sites/ (illustrates the use of a second disk) Localhost -> /Library/WebServer/Documents/ To test my web sites on ~/Sites, I use For the default web documents folder, I use the default host And to access my iMac from my MacBook Pro, I use and the other way around is Paths I name my Macs with type and year: IMAC2012 and MBP2013.I have created some other folders, like /var/php/ and /var/py/ where I stro my own PHP- and Python functions.I use the ~/Sites folder under my user to store all websites, Rapidweaver files, Sublime-text project files, PHP-function libraries, etc.I use the default web server folder for all general media, like jQuery, TinyMCE, Fontawesome, CSS-files, images and other/my own Javascript-files.My iMac is my central hub from where all files are being distributed: to Dropbox, to SVN and to iDrive backup. Furthermore, I moved the Sites-folder into Dropbox on both Macs, so I don't have to setup some kind of timely mirroring with SVN, ChronoSync, or something similar. I then had to move my 'Sites' folder onto this new SSD, because the Apple SSD is only 240GB.

My iMac had a fusion drive, but I split it into two and replaced the 3TB HDD with an 2TB SSD.

#MACOS SERVER STORE FILES PRO#

I have 2 Macs - an iMac and MacBook Pro - and I use them both for web development.

If you're on a previous version of macOS X, not to worry, the steps to take are practically identical.

#MACOS SERVER STORE FILES HOW TO#

I'll describe how to set it up on macOS High Sierra (10.13.5). And you want to be able to access your Sites folder, local web documents folder and your other Mac via HTTP. If you are a web developer, you sure do want to use the macOS X built-in web server, Apache, on all your Macs.

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