Upgrade MAMP to Mysql 5.6

migrate.sh

#!/bin/sh

wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.6/mysql-5.6.24-osx10.9-x86_64.tar.gz
tar xfvz mysql-5.6*

echo "stopping mamp"
sudo /Applications/MAMP/bin/stop.sh
sudo killall httpd mysqld

echo "creating backup"
sudo rsync -a /Applications/MAMP ~/Desktop/MAMP-Backup

echo "copy bin"
sudo rsync -av mysql-5.6.*/bin/* /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/ --exclude=mysqld_multi --exclude=mysqld_safe 

echo "copy share"
sudo rsync -av mysql-5.6.*/share/* /Applications/MAMP/Library/share/

echo "fixing access (workaround)"
sudo chmod -R o+rw  /Applications/MAMP/db/mysql/ 
sudo chmod -R o+rw  /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/

echo "starting mamp"
sudo /Applications/MAMP/bin/start.sh

echo "migrate to new version"
/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql_upgrade -u root --password=root -h 127.0.0.1

I had to remove table_cache=64 from my.cnf.

Now mysql starts, but mamp does not recognize it? Why?

Thanks for this! Removing table_cache from my.cnf and adding the following to mysql_update was necessary in my case:

-S /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock

Got something in the MAMP/logs/mysql_error.log file along the lines of:

[Note] InnoDB: 5.6.24 started; log sequence number XXXXXXXX
[ERROR] /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqld: unknown variable 'table_cache=64'
ERROR] Aborting

Try:

1. Start MAMP PRO.
2. Stop the MAMP Server if it is running.
3. Select File -> Edit Template -> MySQL my.cnf
4. goto table_cache=64
5. Comment it out: #table_cache=64
6. Close & save at the prompt
7. Restart MAMP

Me too I have this error
Looking for 'mysql' as: /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql
Looking for 'mysqlcheck' as: /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqlcheck
FATAL ERROR: Upgrade failed

@BrownSim Try removing the -h 127.0.0.1 from the last line in the gist. It was added because someone else reported a similar problem without it, but I had the problem that you're having with it.

Thank you!
I had to replace wget for curl and add a chmod but it in the end it worked.

#!/bin/sh

curl -O http://cdn.mysql.com//Downloads/MySQL-5.6/mysql-5.6.24-osx10.9-x86_64.tar.gz
tar xfvz mysql-5.6*

echo "stopping mamp"
sudo /Applications/MAMP/bin/stop.sh
sudo killall httpd mysqld

echo "creating backup"
sudo rsync -a /Applications/MAMP ~/Desktop/MAMP-Backup

echo "copy bin"
sudo rsync -av mysql-5.6.*/bin/* /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/ --exclude=mysqld_multi --exclude=mysqld_safe 

echo "copy share"
sudo rsync -av mysql-5.6.*/share/* /Applications/MAMP/Library/share/

echo "fixing access (workaround)"
sudo chmod -R o+rw  /Applications/MAMP/db/mysql/ 
sudo chmod -R o+rw  /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/

echo "starting mamp"
sudo /Applications/MAMP/bin/start.sh

echo "migrate to new version"
sudo chmod -R 777 /Applications/MAMP/db/mysql/
/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql_upgrade --user=root --password=root --host=127.0.0.1 --port=3306

Also, if you have issues on Mac OS X Yosimite 10.10.4 with MAMP rebooting until you:
$ ln -s /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock
You can:
crontab -e
@reboot ln -s /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock

It works for me with " -h localhost " in last line.

Thanks!

awesome script.
ln -s /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock was the missing step for me.

If you are getting (errno: 13 - Permission denied) error. Run below

sudo chown -R mysql:mysql  /Applications/MAMP/db/mysql/
sudo chown -R mysql:mysql  /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/

Check this link: http://blog-en.mamp.info/2015/07/how-to-use-mysql-5-6-with-mamp-and-mamp.html

You could update your script to get the latest version of MySQL (5.7.10)

wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.7/mysql-5.7.10-osx10.10-x86_64.tar.gz

It's not working at all.

Looking for 'mysql' as: /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysql
Looking for 'mysqlcheck' as: /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqlcheck
FATAL ERROR: Upgrade failed

Is this only working with MAMP Pro?

Update: I stand corrected
It is indeed working. But:
run ln -s /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock before doing anything else.
I had to manually execute each statement in the script one after another.
Don't execute the last one. Instead in MAMP: Tools>Upgrade MySQL Databases.

I got here because I wanted the combination of MAMP simplicity (including the choice between latest PHP5.x and PHP7), but with MySQL >= 5.6.5 (so I can set default values for created_at and updated_at).

Ultimately I successfully used daancart2quote's version above, with three changes:

1. I manually (from UI) downloaded the 5.7.12 version from the website,
2. I changes the various 5.6* in subsequent steps to 5.7*,
3. I allowed MAMP to do the upgrade (Tools -> Upgrade Databases), from the MAMP UI (you will need to do "sudo chmod -R 777 /Applications/MAMP/db/mysql/" yourself).

Hopefully this is helpful to others.

If you encounter during the mysql_upgrade step the following error:

(errno: 13 - Permission denied)

You can fix this by changing the ownership of the mysql directory:

sudo chown -R _mysql:_mysql /Applications/MAMP/db/mysql

Is there anything similar for the windows version of MAMP?

Have to create a soft link or change it in my.cnf, otherwise MAMP cannot start or stop mysql properly.
ln -s /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock /tmp/mysql.sock

After running this script, I can't launch mamp anymore.

This is error message:

This is error log:
161218 9:39:38 [Warning] Setting lower_case_table_names=2 because file system for /Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/db/mysql/ is case insensitive
161218 9:39:38 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
161218 9:39:39 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
161218 9:39:39 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
161218 9:39:39 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
161218 9:39:39 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
161218 9:39:39 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
InnoDB: Error: checksum mismatch in data file ./ibdata1
161218 9:39:39 InnoDB: Could not open or create data files.
161218 9:39:39 InnoDB: If you tried to add new data files, and it failed here,
161218 9:39:39 InnoDB: you should now edit innodb_data_file_path in my.cnf back
161218 9:39:39 InnoDB: to what it was, and remove the new ibdata files InnoDB created
161218 9:39:39 InnoDB: in this failed attempt. InnoDB only wrote those files full of
161218 9:39:39 InnoDB: zeros, but did not yet use them in any way. But be careful: do not
161218 9:39:39 InnoDB: remove old data files which contain your precious data!
161218 9:39:39 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned error.
161218 9:39:39 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.
161218 9:39:39 [ERROR] Unknown/unsupported storage engine: InnoDB
161218 9:39:39 [ERROR] Aborting

161218 9:39:39 [Note] /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqld: Shutdown complete

161218 09:39:39 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.pid ended
161218 09:43:17 mysqld_safe Starting mysqld daemon with databases from /Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/db/mysql
161218 9:43:17 [Warning] Setting lower_case_table_names=2 because file system for /Library/Application Support/appsolute/MAMP PRO/db/mysql/ is case insensitive
161218 9:43:17 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
161218 9:43:17 InnoDB: The InnoDB memory heap is disabled
161218 9:43:17 InnoDB: Mutexes and rw_locks use GCC atomic builtins
161218 9:43:17 InnoDB: Compressed tables use zlib 1.2.3
161218 9:43:17 InnoDB: Initializing buffer pool, size = 128.0M
161218 9:43:17 InnoDB: Completed initialization of buffer pool
InnoDB: Error: checksum mismatch in data file ./ibdata1
161218 9:43:17 InnoDB: Could not open or create data files.
161218 9:43:17 InnoDB: If you tried to add new data files, and it failed here,
161218 9:43:17 InnoDB: you should now edit innodb_data_file_path in my.cnf back
161218 9:43:17 InnoDB: to what it was, and remove the new ibdata files InnoDB created
161218 9:43:17 InnoDB: in this failed attempt. InnoDB only wrote those files full of
161218 9:43:17 InnoDB: zeros, but did not yet use them in any way. But be careful: do not
161218 9:43:17 InnoDB: remove old data files which contain your precious data!
161218 9:43:17 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' init function returned error.
161218 9:43:17 [ERROR] Plugin 'InnoDB' registration as a STORAGE ENGINE failed.
161218 9:43:17 [ERROR] Unknown/unsupported storage engine: InnoDB
161218 9:43:17 [ERROR] Aborting

161218 9:43:17 [Note] /Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqld: Shutdown complete

161218 09:43:17 mysqld_safe mysqld from pid file /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.pid ended

any idea how to fix?
Thanks

+1 on getting this to run in windows, especially since mamp 4 isn't available for windows yet.