Only want to export content from live site to localhost NOT that database

What info will I be missing if I only [Dashboard > Tools] export the content and [Dashboard > Tools] import that content in to a new database on my localhost?

Plugin and theme settings/customizations and users. Do the import first and bring your /wp-content/uploads/ folder along exactly as it is, then do a database update of the URL for finding them that came along in as embedded in pages and posts.

* note: Edit ‘pref’ (three places) to your own table_prefix and change ‘https://www.olddomain.com’ and ‘https://www.newdomain.com’ as required (three places each and with no trailing slashes)

UPDATE pref_options SET option_value = replace(option_value, 'https://www.olddomain.com', 'https://www.newdomain.com') WHERE option_name = 'home' OR option_name = 'siteurl';
UPDATE pref_posts SET guid = replace(guid, 'https://www.olddomain.com', 'https://www.newdomain.com');
UPDATE pref_posts SET post_content = replace(post_content, 'https://www.olddomain.com', 'https://www.newdomain.com');

Thanks for the quick response @leejosepho
I’m not worried about the theme customizations as it is an old theme…I can easily recreate the users…although I did have a plugin for inserting html snippets that used shortcodes that i might miss…

Here are the steps i’ve taken:

1) create local server on mac with MAMP
2) create new database
3) install fresh wordpress install
4) change wp-config to new database name and localhost
5) export all content to xml file from live site
6) import xml file to localhost (with or without attachments?)
7) copy wp-content/uploads folder to localhost root file folder of same name
8) enter sql query above on new database (localhost) to change url’s

I’ve everything except step 7 before and the featured images don’t import

I will try again! Let me know If I am missing anything! T

Thanks again
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the featured images don’t import

That is fine and you should still have them where they should be after bringing /uploads/ in without changing anything. Then, the SQL should fix the links for *all* uploads.