This does not work. An explanation of how to uninstall all relevant files, and to start over should be offered.

Hi James,

If you're using OS X, to uninstall MySQL Workbench just find it in your Applications folder, and from there drag it to Trash. Or right-click it and select "move to trash". After that you should be able to install any version of MYSQL Workbench you like.

I also had trouble setting up MySQL Workbench using the Treehouse videos but the best help I found was this article by Kyle Damken:

https://kyledamken.wordpress.com/2014/12/28/new-terms-from-treehouse-database-foundations-part-1-introduction-to-data-databases-and-sql-installing-mysql-server-and-mysql-workbench-reading-data-from-databases-with-sql-and-creatin/#install

... plus a bit of googling.

If you're having specific problems then post them here?

Hi James Cool

Setting up systems for development and production can be super frustrating as no system is the same and often the steps can change.

We're working on ways to make this less painful.

But your problem sounds like you've got it installed but the password is incorrect. You could try to reset the root password by following the steps here: http://coolestguidesontheplanet.com/how-to-change-the-mysql-root-password/

Let me know how you get on...

Regards
Andrew

I'm trying to uninstall MySQL Community Server. I visited the link you've provided but i cannot pass step #7 (even when the server is running).

Re. Kyle Damken's instructions: Yes I got stuck at #7 too. Eventually restarting my computer sorted it out!

Re. uninstalling MySQL Community Server: I haven't done this myself but there appears to be a solution here (or similar to what you're looking for): https://community.jaspersoft.com/wiki/uninstall-mysql-mac-os-x

Good luck!

I tried the restart, but I still get this message: "Could not connect to MySQL server: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES) Click Continue to proceed without functionality that requires a DB connection."

is anyone else having this problem?

Hi Andrew, I was finally able to get back to this course. It seems as though your suggestion worked. It's not completely clear what the issue was, but I'm 90% sure it was due to not having set the root password. Thank you!