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I posted this question over on CI forums as well but responses there can sometimes be slow. So I thought I’d post it here as well since I’d like to get it working today and I know there are others on this forum working with Mamp and CocoaMySQL.

Can anyone tell me how to connect CocoaMySQL to the locally installed version of MySQL that comes with Mamp? It should be as simple as:

server: localhost
user: username
pass: password
port: 3306 (optional)

But that doesn’t seem to work.
(note: I’m using the default ports not the Mamp ports.)

heh, I searched for a while before I started this thread. No help from Mamp.info or from the official CocoaMySQL site and it’s forums/mailinglists. Shortly after posting I continued my search and found this forum thread on MacRumors.com which had the answer at the bottom of the thread. So I thought I’d post it here and over at the CI forum for others who have the same problem.

Simply fill in the following info in CocoaMySQL:

server: localhost
user: [username]
pass: [password]
socket: Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock (Assuming you installed Mamp to your Applications folder)

Hopefully this helps someone else.

Ignite, thanks for contributing!  I wish you had written this when I first switched to a Mac earlier this year, you’d have saved me some searching 😉

Ignite, thanks for contributing!  I wish you had written this when I first switched to a Mac earlier this year, you’d have saved me some searching 😉

My pleasure.  😊

Thanks Ignite,

just installed MAMP for some offline development and wondered the same thing. very useful 😊

Thanks Ignite,

just installed MAMP for some offline development and wondered the same thing. very useful 😊

Glad I could help. 😉