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How to install MySQL on Mac with Apple M1
chip? Step 1: Install Homebrew

Step 2: Install the latest MySQL server

SQL Last updated: 17 Dec 2023 5 mins read Leon
Step 3: Turn on the MySQL server
automatically.

Step 4: sign in and play with the newly

Welcome to this detailed tutorial, where I'll guide you through the process of installing and installed MySQL server
configuring MySQL on your Mac with Apple Silicon, whether it's an M1, M2, or the latest
Step 5: update my.cnf to improve MySQL
M3 chip. performance

The official MySQL documentation points you towards using the Native Package, which Share this article:

can be a bit complex, especially if you're new to Mac.

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Based on my experience, I suggest we bypass that route and go with a smoother, more
user-friendly approach.
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Step 1: Install Homebrew

Homebrew is a great package manager that makes it easy to install and uninstall software
(especially for open-source tools)

Visit https://brew.sh/ to follow the step-by-step instructions, or copy and paste the
following command into your terminal (iTerm 2 you just installed).

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1 /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

Step 2: Install the latest MySQL server

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1 brew install mysql

Homebrew will always search for the latest version of a formula; as of Nov 7, 2023, the
latest MySQL version is 8.1.0

After a few seconds, you should see a success and instructions message.

leon $ brew install mysql

==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/mysql/manifests/8.0.31
Already downloaded: /Users/leon/Library/Caches/Homebrew/downloads/eeb7708d75e293e371d52ef35b6688a9ccb547d1c84c5bfd48
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/mysql/manifests/8.0.31
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/mysql/blobs/sha256:73a817585b4aa253b0984698b6e2d2fde197332d3de14485
==> Downloading from https://pkg-containers.githubusercontent.com/ghcr1/blobs/sha256:73a817585b4aa253b0984698b6e2d2f
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring mysql--8.0.31.arm64_ventura.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
We've installed your MySQL database without a root password. To secure it run:
mysql_secure_installation

MySQL is configured to only allow connections from localhost by default

To connect run:
mysql -u root

To restart mysql after an upgrade:

brew services restart mysql
Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run:
/opt/homebrew/opt/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/opt/homebrew/var/mysql

Step 3: Turn on the MySQL server

automatically.
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1 brew services start mysql

The MySQL server will automatically run in the background when you restart your Mac.

Step 4: sign in and play with the newly

installed MySQL server
On your command line, type

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1 mysql -u root

mysql is a command-line utility that was installed together with the MySQL server, -
u specifies which user to login. By default, you, as the admin of your machine, can log in
as a 'root' user.

You should see something like the following:

leon $ mysql -u root

Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 11
Server version: 8.0.31 Homebrew

Copyright (c) 2000, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its

affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql>

You can run some basic commands to find existing default databases and tables

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1 mysql> show databases;

+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql |
| performance_schema |
| sys |
+--------------------+
4 rows in set (0.01 sec)

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1 mysql> use mysql;

Reading table information for completion of table and column names

You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A

Database changed

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1 mysql> show tables;

+------------------------------------------------------+
| Tables_in_mysql |
+------------------------------------------------------+
| columns_priv |
| component |
| db |
| default_roles |
| engine_cost |
| func |
| general_log |
| global_grants |
| gtid_executed |
| help_category |
| help_keyword |
| help_relation |
| help_topic |
| innodb_index_stats |
| innodb_table_stats |
| password_history |
| plugin |
| procs_priv |
| proxies_priv |
| replication_asynchronous_connection_failover |
| replication_asynchronous_connection_failover_managed |
| replication_group_configuration_version |
| replication_group_member_actions |
| role_edges |
| server_cost |
| servers |
| slave_master_info |
| slave_relay_log_info |
| slave_worker_info |
| slow_log |
| tables_priv |
| time_zone |
| time_zone_leap_second |
| time_zone_name |
| time_zone_transition |
| time_zone_transition_type |
| user |
+------------------------------------------------------+
37 rows in set (0.00 sec)

And Type \q to exit the database console.

To switch to a different database, type use <other_db_name>

Step 5: update my.cnf to improve MySQL

performance
By default, your newly installed MySQL server is using default settings, but if you prefer a
fast database, you can fine-tune it and change the parameters.

First, we need to locate the file in your command line, and type the following in your
terminal.

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1 mysql --verbose --help | grep my.cnf

You will see something like the following:

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1 order of preference, my.cnf, $MYSQL_TCP_PORT,

2 /etc/my.cnf /etc/mysql/my.cnf /opt/homebrew/etc/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf

You can search MySQL fine tuning on google and read more details:

For example:

https://haydenjames.io/mysql-8-sample-config-tuning/

https://github.com/Releem/awesome-mysql-performance

https://severalnines.com/blog/mysql-performance-cheat-sheet/

After that, you can update the config file.

Open the config file (it may require sudo privelege):

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1 sudo vim /etc/my.cnf

Paste the following into the empty file:

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1 [mysqld]
2 disable-log-bin = 1
3 skip-name-resolve = 1
4 performance-schema = 0
5 local-infile = 0
6 mysqlx = 0
7 bind-address = [IPs removed]
8 default-storage-engine = InnoDB
9 open_files_limit = 200000
10 max_allowed_packet = 256M
11 sql_mode = "STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"
12
13 innodb_dedicated_server = 1
14 innodb_buffer_pool_instances = 48
15 innodb_log_buffer_size = 64M
16 innodb_read_io_threads = 12
17 innodb_write_io_threads = 12
18 innodb_stats_on_metadata = 0
19 innodb_file_per_table = 1
20
21 max_connections = 500
22 thread_cache_size = 128
23 table_definition_cache = 65536
24 table_open_cache = 65536
25
26 wait_timeout = 10
27 connect_timeout = 5
28 interactive_timeout = 30
29
30 tmp_table_size = 128M
31 max_heap_table_size = 128M
32
33 read_buffer_size = 256K
34 join_buffer_size = 1M
35 sort_buffer_size = 512K
36 read_rnd_buffer_size = 512K
37
38 slow-query-log = 1
39 long_query_time = 2
40 slow_query_log_file = /var/log/mysql_slow_query.log
41 log-error = /var/log/mysql/db.[removed].com.err

Source: https://haydenjames.io/mysql-8-sample-config-tuning/

Finally, we need to save the file and restart the MySQL server:

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1 brew services restart mysql

And the following success message:

Stopping `mysql`... (might take a while)

==> Successfully stopped `mysql` (label: homebrew.mxcl.mysql)
==> Successfully started `mysql` (label: homebrew.mxcl.mysql)

Since many variables impact the performance of your MySQL server and explaining those
factors is beyond the scope of this article, if you are interested to know more, please feel
free to read the following articles:

https://severalnines.com/blog/mysql-performance-cheat-sheet/

Congratulations, now you have a well-performed MySQL server on your Mac.

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