Did this ever work out for you? I’ve spent hours and hours trying to import a copy of my live file (in .zip format) into Local. The closest I’ve gotten is when it launches but sends me to the actual live site. And I have no idea what to edit and change to make it stop.
Ana here suggests using Sequel Pro. I downloaded and installed it, but Local ignores it, and I have no idea how to make it edit the options she mentioned in the wp_options table.
I read what I thought was an excellent intro to Local here (https://crunchify.com/local-by-flywheel-vs-mamp/) but it only got me so far. Now I;m stuck at the last hurdle, it seems.
It’s truly puzzling that there is no single introductory article to explain the steps to go from a live site to a Local site (using Mac).
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
For what it’s worth, to make the backup/clone of the original site I’ve used and failed with Duplicator (my host wouldn’t allow a large additional copy of the site online, I think); with Updraft Plus (not sure why). Now I’m using BackWPUp, but this necessitates resaving the output file .ghz as a .zip by first opening it and then recompressing all the individual components. I have a headache even trying to remember all the various steps. But still it doesn;t work! And what makes it crazifying is that setting up a new, ‘blank’ site with Local takes only seconds.