If you are running Drupal websites locally on your computer using the MAMP / MAMP Pro stack and are experiencing abnormally slow page loads, there are a couple of steps that should be taken to help increase performance.

The obvious approaches are to check your php.ini settings and insure that your allocated PHP memory is sufficient to your local needs. Additionally, making sure that my.cnf has been configured to support database loads and performance is also a must, however MAMP does a fairly good job of giving you what you need out of the box.  read more »