Mysql 5.6 headaches on Mac OSX

Question

Several of my colleagues and I have recently upgraded from MySQL 5.5 to MySQL 5.6 using homebrew on our Macs to test locally before upgrading our servers. Since this upgrad

Answer 1

On Mavericks, this worked for me:

mysql.server stop
brew install mysql
mysql.server start
gem remove mysql2
gem install mysql2

I reinstalled Homebrew after upgrading to Mavericks. Homebrew installed the bottled version of MySQL 5.6.13.