Install MySQL on Mac with Homebrew

Uninstall first if needed

brew remove mysql
brew cleanup
launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/var/mysql

Install

brew install mysql
mysqld --initialize --explicit_defaults_for_timestamp
mysql.server start # no sudo!

Another good guide here

Useful commands

brew services start mysql
brew services stop mysql
brew services restart mysql