Autostart MySQL Server on Mac OS X Yosemite/El Capitan

Question

I would like to auto start the MySQL server on startup. This was possible in Mavericks but seems to be not working on Yosemite.

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Answer 1

When I used the plist suggested in earlier answers, I changed the user to _mysql for my system, but the "Stop MySQL Server" button in the MySQL preference pane no longer worked. The KeepAlive key will cause the process to launch again immediately after the Stop button is pressed. I used the key RunAtLoad to get it to just start on reboot, but allow the button in the pane to continue working.

  
    RunAtLoad
    
    Label
    com.mysql.mysqld
    ProgramArguments
    
    /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe
    --user=_mysql
    
  

Then, as in the other answers, ran:

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mysql.mysql.plist

Now, MySQL launches on restart, but the MySQL pane in System Preferences still works. I'm running El Capitan, 10.11.2