Run the following command in terminal
ps aux|grep mysql
The output will come like this:
_mysql 4945 0.0 0.0 408186784 656 ?? S Wed06PM 0:03.59 /usr/sbin/distnoted agent _mysql 359 0.0 0.3 36149796 47436 ?? Ss 13Apr22 6:40.99 /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld --user=_mysql --basedir=/usr/local/mysql --datadir=/usr/local/mysql/data
In the above results get the value of –basedir property. That value represents the base directory of MySQL installation on MAC. In the above example, /usr/local/mysql is the installation directory.