“Automatically Start MySQL Server on Startup” not working on Mac OS X 10.8

Question

Recently I've upgraded from OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. I've noticed that MySQL doesn't automatically start anymore despite of the option turned on in my system preferences.

I have no problems with activating/deactivating it manually, MySQL works fine.

Does anyone have a solution for this? It's not a big problem but if it can be fixed it saves me 5 more seconds each day! :)

Thanks in advance! Jan

Answer 1

They've changed stuffs in mountain lion, here is a guide for how making AMP work in your new envioroment http://www.coolestguidesontheplanet.com/downtown/install-and-configure-apache-mysql-php-and-phpmyadmin-osx-108-mountain-lion

If you only need the MySQL part, jump to that part :).

Answer 2

Symlink your mysql plist into your Mac LaunchAgents. If mysql plist is located in /usr/local/opt/mysql/ then the following should work:

#> ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mysql/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents