Can't connect to MySQL on Mac — missing mysql.sock file

Question

I installed MySQL on my Mac OS 10.6 about a week ago, and, after some playing around, got it to work just fine. It integrated with python MySQLdb and I also got Sequel Pro

Answer 1

Found the solution:
I had the same issue and I did a lot of searches but couldn't solve the issue until I looked at my MySql config file. In my config file socket was in line 21 and the path was
"/Applications/AMPPS/var/mysql.sock"

In Ampps application click on MySql tab and then click on configuration button.

You can also find the config file in "/Applications/AMPPS/mysql/etc" folder

So simply I added
'unix_socket' => '/Applications/AMPPS/var/mysql.sock',
to my database.php in mysql array and it's worked for me.
After host line. I have tested with localhost and 127.0.0.1 and both worked
Hopefully it's working for you too.