Can't connect to MYSQL server on 127.0.0.1 (61)' Please help me connect to the SQL Server. MySQL Workbench is available on Windows, Linux and Mac OS. I can also record a video of it doing this if you would like. 'Failed to Connect ot MySQL at 127.0.0.1:3306 with user root. I can send over some logs if requested and you tell me what you need. Overall fix is to leave the left nav open all the time. I have erased and installed OSX 10.11 El Capitan and I have been following through this tutorial to get MySQL up and running on the new OS X. Category: MySQL Workbench: SQL Editor: Severity: S2 (Serious) Version: 6.2.5.0 build 397 (32 bit) OS: Mac OS X (OS X 10.10. Then you get to this lame screen: MySQL is free and open source software (FOSS. I also tried it with a different database connection and it did the same thing. Download Mac OS X 10.10 (x86, 64-bit), DMG Archive. In short, it is a database management system (DBMS), which allows you to connect to the database, run SQL queries and receive a response.
I have tried this same procedure four times this morning and it works exactly as I described it above each time. MySQL for Mac is a software tool used for most popular programming languages, like PHP, Java, Perl, C, C ++, and others. When this all happens, i have to force quit the application. There is something about the left management window that when it is disabled when you first come into workbench that when you turn it on, it doesn't work right. Open it back up again and you are good to go Right click on a table and it will crash. Go to the top right corner of the screen and turn ON the left management window pane Go to the top right corner of the screen and turn OFF the left management window pane I can crash workbench when I click on a table in the left hand column of the navigation and then right click on the table name.