As new versions of MySQL are coming out, at one point you will need to upgrade your MySQL version as well.

In this article, we will assume that we are using MySQL 5.7 for your local development on Mac and want to upgrade it the latest version (MySQL 8.0).

Followings are the steps to follow:

Step # 1

Make sure to do database dump for all of your databases, as you will need these to re-import it again when MySQL is successfully upgraded.

Step # 2

Confirm that your running MySQL 5.7 via the following command:

brew services list

this should show themysql with5.7 version running.

Before you start upgrading process, make sure to double-check that your existing MySQL 5.7 setup ticks all the boxes on the sanity checklist before upgrading to MySQL 8.0.

You can do it by running the following command:

mysqlcheck-u root-p--all-databases--check-upgrade

The above command shouldOK for all without any errors.

Step # 3

Check for MySQL processes via the following command:

ps-ax |grepmysql

Stop and kill any MySQL processes via the following command:

kill{PID}

Step # 4

Take a backup ofmy.cnf located at:/usr/local/etc/my.cnf

and remove this file via command:rm /usr/local/etc/my.cnf

Step # 5

Uninstall MySQL via the following command:

brew remove mysqlbrew cleanup

You can confirm the uninstall by runningbrew services list and there should not bemysql listed

Step # 6

Install latest version 8.0 of the MySQL:

brewinstallmysqlbrew services start mysql

Once done, you can confirm the version of the MySQL by running the command:mysql --version which should show the latest version of the MySQL

Step # 7

Setup default root password with the following command:

mysql_secure_installation

It should prompt you steps like the following screenshot:

Step # 8

Connect tomysql viaSequel Ace

and create any relevant databases and import them from your previous backup dump.