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[OT] Enable ‘user’ dir in Mac OS X (/Users/*/[user]/* → http://localhost/~[user]/*) notes:
https://community.apachefriends.org/f/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=69163&p=247767#p247767
The solution: Edit your httpd.conf to run as your username for the user and staff for the group.
Open httpd.conf in TextEdit:
sudo open -e /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/etc/httpd.conf
Change:
User nobody
Group nogroup
To:
User your_mac_username
Group staff