Homebrew Install Mysql and Connect to Workbentch
Install MySql in MacOS Seirra can be done as follows. brew install mysql brew services start mysql mysqladmin -u root password 'newpassword' Login ; mysql -u root -p Get Config Location : mysql --help | grep cnf Config Path : export MYSQL_PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/mysql/8.0.12 PATH=$MYSQL_PATH/bin:$PATH Connect Squrel if you filed to collect with mysql as follows : MySQL said: Authentication plugin 'caching_sha2_password' cannot be loaded: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/plugin/caching_sha2_password.so, 2): image not found https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51179516/sequel-pro-and-mysql-connection-failed Go to my.cnf file and in section [mysqld] add line: default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password . Then, login to mysql server from terminal and run mysql -u root -p , then inside shell execute this command: ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '<password>'; exit f