MAMP and joomla issues

[msgdesign]

I have been using MAMP on my local Joomla 1.5 and recently 2.5 sites successfully. Recently, after I restore a site (or work on a older local site) the menu manager and module settings are not working correctly. For example, when I click on "select position" in module manager, the dark transparent screen covers the page, not giving me any other options. When everything was working, a pop-up window appeared on top of the dark screen - with options. I was working on OS 10.7.5 and had these issues. I then updated to 10.8.4 hoping to solve this - and it did not. I am using the new 2.1.4 MAMP version as well.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Per Yngve Berg]

What version of 1.5?

Php 5.3 support was added in 1.5.15. Always run the latest 1.5.26.

Get a WAMP version with php 5.2.

[msgdesign]

I am phasing out my 1.5 sites and building 2.5 now. I need to use PHP 5.2 because that is what my hosting company is offering now. I work on a mac ... Is WAMP set up for macs?

[Per Yngve Berg]

WAMP is for Windows
MAMP is for Mac
LAMP is for Linux

It was just a typo.