Setup: Local Sandbox and Production sites

[oomengoo]

Hello world,

 

I'm new to Prestashop, actually in general, to web development.  I currently have the default boot-strap-theme of Prestashop installed on the Live production site, but I want to replicate this on my local sandbox (my computer) so I can utilize such tools as MAMP and test certain things before I push it to production.

 

Question:

1. Is there a way to basically copy what I currently have in production into my sandbox?

2. Or will I have to basically go through the same installation as I did with my live production site?

 

Anyone that has setup a sandbox environment, please provide some feedback on what methods you are using to QA your changes before pushing to production.  

 

Thanks in advance!

Cheers!