MAMP mysql server won't start. No mysql processes are running

Question

My MAMP mysql server won\'t start. All of the suggestions I\'ve seen on the web say to check for other mysqld processes running and kill them if they exist, and that it shou

Answer 1

In case of MAMP PRO you need to remove ib_logfiles here:

rm -rf /Library/Application\ Support/appsolute/MAMP\ PRO/db/mysql56/ib_logfile*