If you are using Mac OS X, I strongly recommend the Sequel Pro application. It is a fairly simple and reliable means of connecting to a MySQL database without having to use the command line. We’ll do a little bit of command line work in this tutorial in case you need to import or work with data from behind a firewall, but only a little. If at all possible, I recommend using Sequel Pro or a program similar to it, to manage your MySQL databases.
Download Sequel Pro from http://www.sequelpro.com/. It requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher.
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