Getting WordPress permalinks working on a MAMP install
Changed my httpd.conf from
<Directory /> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None</Directory>To
<Directory /> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All</Directory>And it works.
Follow symlinks needs to be turned on in MAMP.
Open your httpd.conf file in /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/Look for <Directory />Make sure that you have the following Options set:
Options Indexes FollowSymLinksYou can also setup a local virtual host for better testing of your WordPress site. It's beyond the scope of this question/topic, but if you'd like I can create an example config file and instructions on how to do that.