打开终端，使用以下命令:

sudo find / -name my.cnf

它通常应该在MAC上的/usr/local/etc下，如果你找不到它，你可以创建一个

我在macOS High Sierra 10.13.3版本中使用mysql 5.7.17版本，我在这里找到了mysql配置文件。

cd /usr/local/mysql/support-files/my-default.cnf

在MAC OS上，一个快速的方法是:

sudo find /usr/ -type f -iname "*my.cnf*"

or

brew list mysql@5.7 |grep -i my.cnf

问候

In my case, the file did not exist. In MySQL Workbench I went to OPTIONS FILE and found some default values. I clicked apply. It asked for permission. It then created the my.cnf file under /etc. However, it is very important to keep in mind that the first time you click "apply", you do not make any changes to the default configuration. Once the file has been created, you can make changes which will be applied when you click "apply". Otherwise you will not be shown the apply button when you make changes.

您可以检查文件

/usr/local/bin/mysql.服务器，看看my.conf是从哪里读取的。

通常是从/etc/my.cnf或~/my.cnf或~/.my.cnf