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I ran sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop with Terminal and it showed 

Shutting down MySQL
. SUCCESS!

But very weirdly the next command sudo mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables did not work, showing the following message.

151103 19:45:27 mysqld_safe Logging to '/usr/local/mysql/data/Marshalls-MacBook-Air.local.err'.
151103 19:45:27 mysqld_safe A mysqld process already exists

I went to System Preferences -> MySQL to find out if it is still running, and it turned out to be yes.

Now I started the Activity Monitor, to forcefully quit mysqld. I clicked the quit button, and it still turns out to be active.

Any solutions?

MarshallLee
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  • *consider* undoing the auto-start, with something like [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/26465743), or it in reverse (I honestly didn't read it for setting off auto-start). Then do an o/s restart. Voila, no mysql daemon running. and proceed as you were. – Drew Nov 03 '15 at 19:59

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This indicates that MySQL server is running on your Mac. If you would like to kill/stop the process for any reason, do the following:

  1. Go to System Preferences... -> MySQL

  2. click on Stop MySQL server.

you are done. :)

Abdullatif AlSharhan
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