Ever tried to access a mySQL database within Excel on macOS using the ODBC driver (64bit)? – I tried and failed. Here is my way out of the mess. Using a Windows environment it is so pretty simple: Download ODBC driver for Windows from the mySQL Webpage, install it, open the system control - ODBC. A Question from a begginer. I have been trying to connect Excel 2007 with MariaDB. 1) I downloaded the latest ODBC connector. 2) I created in Windows a new ODBC connection fron the control panel 3) From excel I created selected the connection. The instructions below apply to Excel 2016, 2019 and Microsoft 365 for Mac. These versions of Excel do provide an ODBC driver for connecting to SQL Server Databases. On the Data tab, click New Database Query SQL Server ODBC.Then use the dialog boxes to import the data. ODBC Manager is a Mac OS utility application that configures ODBC data sources for use by popular applications such as Microsoft Excel and FileMaker Pro. Mac OS used to include an ODBC Administrator utilty. Apple stopped including the ODBC Administrator with Mac OS starting with the release of Mac OS X 'Snow Leopard'.
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Version 5.0 of the Actual ODBC Pack is compatible with the latest Claris FileMaker 19 and MacOS Catalina. The Actual ODBC Pack installer is available from our website. An upgraded license key is required.
macOS is based on the FreeBSD operating system, and you can normally use the MySQL network port for connecting to MySQL servers on other hosts. Installing the Connector/ODBC driver lets you connect to MySQL databases on any platform through the ODBC interface. If your application requires an ODBC interface, install the Connector/ODBC driver.
On macOS, the ODBC Administrator, based on the iODBC manager, provides easy administration of ODBC drivers and configuration, allowing the updates of the underlying iODBC configuration files through a GUI tool. The tool is included in macOS v10.5 and earlier; users of later versions of macOS need to download it from http://www.iodbc.org/dataspace/doc/iodbc/wiki/iodbcWiki/Downloads and install it manually.
OpenSSL is a required dependency. The macOS installation binaries bundle OpenSSL, while the compressed tar archives do not and require that you install OpenSSL on your system before the installation process.


There are two ways to install Connector/ODBC on macOS. You can use either the package provided in a compressed tar archive that you manually install, or use a compressed disk image (.dmg) file, which includes an installer.
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To install using the compressed tar archive (some of the steps below might require superuser privileges):
Download the compressed tar archive.
Extract the archive:
The directory created contains two subdirectories,
libandbin. Copy these to a suitable location such as/usr/local:Finally, register the driver with iODBC using the myodbc-installer tool that was included in the package:
For Connector/ODBC 8.0:
For Connector/ODBC 5.3:
To install using the a compressed disk image (.dmg) file:
iODBC 3.52.12 or later must be installed on the macOS system before you can install Connector/ODBC using a compressed disk image. See Section 4.3, “Installing Connector/ODBC on macOS”.
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Download the disk image.
Double click the disk image to open it. You see the Connector/ODBC installer inside.
Double click the Connector/ODBC installer, and you will be guided through the rest of the installation process. You need superuser privileges to finish the installation.
To verify the installed drivers, either use the ODBC Administrator application or the myodbc-installer utility:
