title: Install of MySQL on OSX runs on port 3307
body: <p>I just downloaded an installed MySQL on OSX 10.10.4 (Yosemite) from the latest DMG file.</p>
  
  <p>looks like it's running on port 3307, not the standard 3306.
  (e.g. telnet to localhost on 3306 times out, telnet to localhost on 3307 gives me the expected mysql propmpt)</p>
  
  <p>After suffering with this, countless googling, trying to override it with a my.cnf file (port=3306), i have a workaround, just not sure it's sane.</p>
  
  <p>In the System Preferences under MySQL, click the 'Automaticall Start MySQl Server on Startup' box.</p>
  
  <p>This forces it to generate a launchDaemon in /Library/launchDaemons.</p>
  
  <p>I then edited that file and changed the port to 3306 and restarted.</p>
  
  <p>Works fine now.</p>
  
  <p>But:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Why was it starting on 3307 to begin with? (one tech suggested Yosemite already had mysql installed and so it incremented the port number)</li>
  <li>How will this bite me in the future?</li>
  </ol>