mikezgardan

Did you try setting database host : localhost(without port number) on the WP page?

Also, try disabling the Defender, who knows what is it doing there in the background >_>

Try editing wp-config.php manualy, fill all the info like site name, and other stuff.

Did you try accessing you localhost install by appending the subfolder name?
like:
https://localhost/subfolder/

If the files are in a subfolder in localhost directory, accessing
https://localhost and can indeed throw a whitescreen. However, now I think it should ‘list’ your folders under localhost. But the MAMP configuration can prevent this behavior.

I am dont have any experience with MAMP, but make sure that there are no
unnecessary subfolders and try again.

Obviously, i forgot ‘sudo‘ before chmod commands.

When using chmod, you can navigate to your wordpress folder and also open the file with the editor of your choice. But the second method I gave, is surely safer.

1. to edit it, you need to set up proper permission to wp-config.php like this:
chmod o+w /path/to/wordpress/wp-config.php
after making changes, dont forget to revert the permissions back:
chmod o-w /path/to/wordpress/wp-config.php

2. Also, you can use this command to edit it:
sudo gedit /path/to/wordpress/wp-config.php

you should have gedit installed by default in your system, probably.
if not:
sudo apt-get install gedit

you can also try other text editors this way.

The second is probably the better, if you are not that technical person and you don’t want to mess with those permissions.