Install Drupal on Mac

1. Download
https://drupal.org/start

Extract and move to intended location

2. Turn on Apache
Open the url in browser
http://localhost/drupal/install.php

Error page

Added ./sites/default/files  folder and changed permission to "Read and Write"

Copy the ./sites/default/default.settings.php file and rename to./sites/default/settings.php.

and changed settings.php permission to "Read and Write"

3. Create Database

XAMPP - phpMyAdmin
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

Create a database my_drupal

4. Configure Site

Change the permissions back to Read only

Go visit your website
http://localhost/drupal/