Local does have many things that set it apart from the new MAMP Pro 6.x, but here’s a few WordPress-related things MAMP surprisingly does better than Local IMHO:
No system prompts for each new site – just create and use and delete and never worry about /etc/hosts
No system prompts for each and every SSL cert – one single prompt when starting to use, after that all certs are seen as valid by all browsers except Firefox (this is a feature that, if I remember correctly, was supposed to be under developpment for Local a while ago)
Somehow, MAMPs SSL certs are slightly more valid than those created by Local – create a new site in both, install + activate Modern Event Calendar from webnus, you’ll get screens full of PHP SSL-related warning messages in Local, zero in MAMP or on any live server I ever tested.
It’s been forever since I fired up MAMP – do they have “pretty domains” or are they still using localhost with a custom port number?
If they are using localhost+port that might explain why there isn’t as many prompts – since each MAMP site is essentially using the same trusted SSL cert for the host on all sites.
MAMP Pro does use nice domains. In order to be able to use Local and MAMP concurrently, I set it to add those crazy MAMP port numbers, and it’s almost as good as Local (and it’s even a teeny tiny bit faster).
The way they do it for the SSL certs is that the OS asks exactly once, when one starts using MAMP, with a system prompt. After that, blissful silence. Not having to type my system password all the time and wishing that Local at least used Touch ID every time is really nice
Not only can MAMP add sites and SSL certs without a system prompt for each and every one, but they manage to do the SSL cert without stupid envato error messages.
