Installing and Using the MySQL Launch Daemon Figure 2.19 MySQL Preference Pane: Instances •Or, manually load the launchd file. shell> cd /Library/LaunchDaemons shell> sudo launchctl load -F com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist •To configure MySQL to automatically start at bootup, you can: shell> sudo launchctl load -w com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist Note When upgrading MySQL server, the launchd installation process removes the old startup items that were installed with MySQL server 5.7.7 and below. Additional launchd related information: •The plist entries override  my.cnf  entries, because they are passed in as command line arguments. For additional information about passing in program options, see Section 4.2.2, “Specifying Program Options” . •The  ProgramArguments  section defines the command line options that are passed into the program, which is the  mysqld  binary in this case. 165 Upgrading also replaces your existing launchd file named com.oracle.oss.mysql.mysqld.plist .