MySQL GUI Tools For Mac

MySQL GUI Tools is a collection of Mac OS X applications designed to help you manage MySQL databases, perform queries, and run periodic backups. However, the MySQL GUI Tools set is no longer under development and has been replaced by the MySQL Workbench project.

Nonetheless, the MySQL GUI Tools bundle remains available, and can be successfully installed both on older OS X versions, such as Mac OS X 10.4, and on the more recent Yosemite operating systems.

The MySQL GUI Tools software archive contains 3 applications: MySQL Query Browser (you can use it to browse the database, and execute various queries or scripts), MySQL Administrator (for monitoring the server status, running backups, and more), and the MySQL Health widget (no longer works properly).

Right off the bat, you must connect to your MySQL database by providing the host name, the username, and the port that should be used. For your convenience, both MySQL GUI Tools utilities allow you to save the connection settings, which means that you can connect to them at a later time with a single mouse click.

Within the MySQL Query Browser application, you can easily browse the MySQL database and view the supported functions, syntax, and parameters. The app also comes with a small input panel where you can easily type commands and drag and drop the collections you want to query, and so on.

The MySQL Administrator app allows you to easily see all the tables, indices, functions, stored procedures, and views associated with your MySQL database. Unfortunately, neither of the two apps come with any support documentation.

To conclude, the MySQL GUI Tools collection can prove to be useful if you need to browse, query, or backup databases, but keep in mind that the project has not been updated in a long time, and is no longer under development.