thank you Jim and Jord et al for your help
Finally! got MySQL 5.018 (monitor) going on the MAC!

code in Terminal was as follows:

cd /usr/local/mysql/bin
(enter)
../mysql
(enter)

We were almost there..
Elizabeth (Betsy)



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