MySQL does not start when upgrading OSX to Yosemite or El Capitan

Question

I know similar questions exist, such as MySQL with MAMP does not work with OSX Yosemite 10.10. However, I do have MAMP, nor XAMPP installed on my computer.

When I tr

Answer 1

My Mac decided to restart itself randomly; causing a whole slew of errors. One of which, was mysql refusing to start up properly. I went through many SO questions/answers as well as other sites.

Ultimately what ended up resolving MY issue was this:

1) Creating the file (/usr/local/mysql/data/.local.pid

2) chmod 777 on that file

3) executing mysql.server start (mine was located in/usr/local/bin/mysql.server)