MAMP could not connect to mySql

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Hi everyone, I'm new to Drupal as well as using the terminal and I hope to get some help.

Initially I've encountered issues that I couldn't change the password for mysql (root/root). I followed the instructions in the MAMP faq but all I got was this message:

/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' (2)'

Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/mysql/mysql.sock' exists!

It is a similar issue I found in this thread: http://drupal.org/node/270373 so I tried one of the method found within this thread that is:

1. Stop MAMP. (This step might be unnecessary... but why take chances?)

2. $ sudo rm /var/mysql/mysql.sock. This removes the incorrectly symlinked mysql.sock file.

3. Start MAMP. (This step might also be unnecessary, but the target mysql.sock file doesn't exist unless MySQL is running.)

4. sudo ln -s /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock /var/mysql/mysql.sock. This sets up the symlink correctly.

5. Restart MAMP.

Now whenever I open MAMP start page I get this error: "Error: Could not connect to MySQL server!"

and MAMP itself will have this prompt: