Hi Jeremy (and all others experiencing the same problems), I found the following solution to this problem: Fire up the Terminal then type > cd /usr/local/mysql/lib > sudo mkdir mysql Password: ************* > cd mysql/ > sudo ln -s ../libmysqlclient.15.0.0.dylib libmysqlclient.15.0.0.dylib > sudo ln -s ../libmysqlclient.15.0.0.dylib libmysqlclient.15.dylib > sudo ln -s ../libmysqlclient.15.0.0.dylib libmysqlclient.dylib This will create some symbolic links from the expected location of these files to the current location. Inspired by http://blog.calganx.net/2007/05/20/apache-2-php-5-und-mysql-5-fr-macos-x/ This seems to be related to a change in the directory structure of the current mysql releases?! But I did not investigate any further. greetings Sascha -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.