Change Mamp MYSQL password?

You'll need to ensure the password you're using patches the database password, obviously.

The MAMP FAQhas some details on how to change the MySQL password.

I was struggleing with this too, the error is as follows:

/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password <NEWPASSWORD>

In the above I was replacing the password with my password, thats wrong, copy and paste the following into terminal exactly as is, change nothing:

/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqladmin -u root -p password

now at the end, after the word "password" type your new password then press enter.

Now you will be prompted for the current password, type 'root' without the quotes.

You should be good to go!

My, and many others interpretation of the instructions within MAMP makes you think you replace 'password' with your current password, then replace <NEWPASSWORD> with the new one, wrong.

Hope this helps!!