Xampp Won't Startup MySQL server on Mac OSX?

Question

I\'m on a Mac OSX Mountain Lion. Xampp won\'t let me start MySQL server.

I have set the permissions to Read/Write for everyone and every file in the XAMPP folder.

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Answer 1

First read the error file located at /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/logs/error_log, normally this error occurs if something is running on port 3306 already.