How do you stop MySQL on a Mac OS install?

There are different cases depending on whether you installed MySQL with the official binary installer, using MacPorts, or using Homebrew:

Homebrew

brew services start mysql
brew services stop mysql
brew services restart mysql

MacPorts

sudo port load mysql57-server
sudo port unload mysql57-server

Note: this is persistent after a reboot.

Binary installer

sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM stop
sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM start
sudo /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM/MySQLCOM restart

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