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

If you are using MAMP PRO 5.7+ (18029)

1.Just stop MAMPRO. 2.Goto to directory /Applications/MAMP/db/mysql## (Where ## is the Number of your Mysql version) 3.List the files with command: ls -l * 4. Type command: rm ib_logfile* #Just must delete theses 2 files. 5.Restart MAMPRO and its must works fine!

Caution: If you remove the files ibdata1 will destroy all you "databases"