# Please I am having issues starting a website on Local **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Tags:** mac\ **Created:** [June 19, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/please-i-am-having-issues-starting-a-website-on-local/43363 "2024-06-19T10:37:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![emman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/emman/32/22045_2.png) [@emman](https://community.localwp.com/u/emman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/please-i-am-having-issues-starting-a-website-on-local/43363/1 "2024-06-19T10:37:08Z")
![Screenshot 2024-06-19 at 11.35.30](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/e/4/e4eb2a5ed91565b2a2b45c06c2d372ee5c9dfa11.png) Please I am having issues starting a website on Local ---
**Author:** ![Ramate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ramate](https://community.localwp.com/u/Ramate)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/please-i-am-having-issues-starting-a-website-on-local/43363/2 "2024-06-19T10:54:04Z")
I had the same issue and could find a solution here: > [@Unable to create a site - Mac OS Sonoma](https://community.localwp.com/t/unable-to-create-a-site-mac-os-sonoma/41716/2): > > Hi @marcelobr It looks like you’ll need to install Rosetta here. Rosetta 2 is required for Local’s Apple Silicon build due to the Nginx and MySQL Lighting Services compiled on the Intel architecture. We do plan to have a Local release out in the future that will drop this dependency but for now it is necessary. You can install Rosetta by opening up a terminal window and using this command: softwareupdate --install-rosetta Others have found this doc to be helpful: Local needs Rosetta installed to properly work. ---
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/please-i-am-having-issues-starting-a-website-on-local/43363/3 "2024-06-19T13:40:08Z")
Hi @emman I think your issue might be a bit different than the one @Ramate mentions. If you create a new, blank site in Local can you access that okay? If you can, then you may want to try reimporting the site getting the errors. The steps would look like this: - Locate the site files on your machine, and save a copy of them to your desktop. If you click `Go to Site Folder` under your site name it should take you right to where they are located. - Once you have those copied, completely delete the site from Local - Restart Local/your machine - Reimport the site back into Local. You can refer here on how to [Restore from only Local site files](https://localwp.com/help-docs/getting-started/how-to-import-a-wordpress-site-into-local/#restore-local-site-from-site-files) ---
**Author:** ![emman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/emman/32/22045_2.png) [@emman](https://community.localwp.com/u/emman)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/please-i-am-having-issues-starting-a-website-on-local/43363/4 "2024-06-19T14:33:06Z")
thanks so much. working now ---
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/please-i-am-having-issues-starting-a-website-on-local/43363/5 "2024-06-19T14:35:59Z")
Glad to hear it @emman thank you for letting us know! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/please-i-am-having-issues-starting-a-website-on-local/43363/6 "2024-06-21T02:36:57Z")
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