Tested on:
- Mac OS X Mountain Lion
- MySQL Community ServerĀ 5.6.10 (installed via direct binary download fromĀ http://www.mysql.com/downloads)
Type the following at the Terminal:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop
This is useful for restarting the MySQL server via the command line on Mac.