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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Permalink 404 Localhost on Mac OS X](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-404-localhost-on-mac-os-x/)
 *  Thread Starter [flashdveloper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flashdveloper/)
 * (@flashdveloper)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-404-localhost-on-mac-os-x/#post-3703993)
 * Found my answer! After some testing by adding a redirect URL to my .htaccess 
   file, I found it was readable, but NOT writeable. I changed the permissions of
   the .htaccess file using sudo chown:
 * `-rwxrwxrwx 1 _www staff 503 Apr 29 13:21 .htaccess`
 * After I completed that step, I went back into the Dashboard, set my Permalinks
   to default, saved, and then set it back to the Post Name setting, saved, and 
   went back to the site. Voila! It all worked!
 * What a pain! Took me 5 hours to figure this all out! BUT, I learned a ton about.
   htaccess, the code that you CAN do with it and the power it has. Pretty awesome
   stuff!

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