MACINSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS - CODEFROMTHE VIDEO

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Once you've downloaded and started up the MySQL server...

Add the following line to your .bash_profile or .zshrc file

export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/mysql/bin/

Then run:

Mysql -u root -p

And enter the password you received when you initially installed.

Finally, create a new password for the root user by running:

ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yournewpassword'

Note: Some students have mentioned that they get errors instead of warnings when using MySQL for Mac (and possibly Windows/Linux). If you run into this error then you can try the followingsolution to resolve the issue:

Take your setup out of strict mode with the following command:
SET @@global.sql_mode= '';