Cannot connect to MySQL Workbench on mac. Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (61) Mac Macintosh

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user3553260 picture user3553260 · Oct 13, 2014 · Viewed 110k times · Source

Cannot connect to MySQL Workbench on mac. I get the following error: Could not connect, server may not be running. Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (61) The help would be appreciated.

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app_sciences picture app_sciences · Jul 30, 2015

Ran into a similar issue and my problem was that MySQL installed itself configured to run on non-default port. I do not know the reason for that, but to find out which port MySQL is running on, run the following in MySql client:

SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'PORT';

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