Installing and Using the MySQL Preference Pane 3. Complete the installation process. Note Figure 2.21 MySQL Package Installer Wizard: Customize The MySQL preference pane only starts and stops MySQL installation installed from the MySQL package installation that have been installed in the default location. Once the MySQL preference pane has been installed, you can control your MySQL server instance using this preference pane. The  Instances  page includes an option to start and stop MySQL, and  Initialize Database  recreates the data/  directory.  Uninstall  uninstalls MySQL Server and optionally the pain and launchd information. The  Instances  page includes an option to start or stop MySQL, and  Initialize Database  recreates the data/  directory.  Uninstall  uninstalls MySQL Server and optionally the MySQL preference panel and launchd information. 168