# Setting up Local on Macbook

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/setting-up-local-on-macbook/36224>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [March 28, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/setting-up-local-on-macbook/36224 "2023-03-28T14:06:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![MainMoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@MainMoro](https://community.localwp.com/u/MainMoro)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/setting-up-local-on-macbook/36224/1 "2023-03-28T14:06:13Z")

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Setting up Local in Macbook

1. Site Host is localhost:10004
2. SSL - Note! HTTPS is not available when using the localhost Routing Mode

Can you explain this to me

I could therefore not add the 's" to http in the URL

What do I need to do?

When I select Open site on the local platform, I get this message:

This site can’t provide a secure connection

**localhost** sent an invalid response.

ERR\_SSL\_PROTOCOL\_ERROR

Not sure what is happening. Is it related to my first queries above?

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**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:** [March 29, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/setting-up-local-on-macbook/36224/2 "2023-03-29T18:15:24Z")

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Hi @MainMoro

If you go to the top tool bar on your Mac and click on Local, Preferences, Advanced, and then you should see a setting screen that has Router Mode at the top. If you change this to Site Domains that will open up more options to you. More details about all of this here:

> **[What is Router Mode?](https://localwp.com/help-docs/advanced/router-mode/)**
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> Router Mode is Local's way of offering the best offline development experience possible while still "playing nice" with other, similar development applications.

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**Author:** ![MainMoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@MainMoro](https://community.localwp.com/u/MainMoro)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/setting-up-local-on-macbook/36224/3 "2023-03-30T08:49:25Z")

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Good morning Nick-B.

I will give this a go and see if I come right.

Thank you very much for your response.

Kind regards.

Mntungwa aka MainMoro

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**Author:** ![sambrockway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/sambrockway/32/18726_2.png) [@sambrockway](https://community.localwp.com/u/sambrockway)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/setting-up-local-on-macbook/36224/4 "2023-03-31T13:57:17Z")

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Hi @MainMoro let us know how this goes!

Sam

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**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 29, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/setting-up-local-on-macbook/36224/5 "2023-06-29T13:57:29Z")

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