> when I installed MySQL Workbench, there was nothing there.
I believe it's the MySQL installation, not the WB installation, that installs a sample my.cnf. You overwrote when you added the file you found?
But since you have the MySQL server working, you could make your own /etc/mysql/my.cnf, a plain text file that just says ...
[mysqld]
secure_file_priv=""
... and you will need to add the argument ...
--defaults-file=/etc/mysql/my.cnf
... to the MySQL startup command or service definition.
BTW, generic Linux cmd for finding my*.cnf might work on the Mac?
find . -type f -name "*.cnf"
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/15/2022 01:09PM by Peter Brawley.