Catch a Tiger by the Toe
Before starting my new job at the University of New Hampshire, I was asked what sort of laptop I preferred: a Dell or a Mac. I’d been out of the Mac world for almost 10 years, but now that the OS X operating system (UNIX-based) has had time to mature, I decided to take a chance on Apple again.
So far so good. The new 10.4 version of OS X (”Tiger”) was released just a couple of weeks before I started, and my new Powerbook came with it. I was pleased to find perl ready to go, as well as Apache… thank you Ma’am. Or should I say, thank you, Steve.
Installing MySQL on the Mac was a cinch. MySQL AB even offers a slick package installer for OS X.
I like to have (secure) access to my database server from just about anywhere… today I wanted access from a Windows machine. SSH Port Forwarding using PUTTY got the job done (yes, OS X came with ssh onboard so this required no additional server config). Very easy. Now I can run MySQL Administrator and MySQL Query Browser from the Windows box. Looks like I’m almost ready to develop.