Reset mysql root pass - mysql

Question

I've been trying to reset the password for MySQL but all of the solutions I've found, nothing seems to work. I'm using OSX Yosemite with MAMP and MySQL 5.6.20
I attempted to reset the password via MAMP to pass but it does not work
$mysql -u root -p
Enter password: pass
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'#'localhost' (using password: YES)
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and none of this works
$mysql -uroot
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'#'localhost' (using password: NO)
$mysql -u root
ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user 'root'#'localhost' (using password: NO)
$mysql -u root#localhost
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mysql> use magento
ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''#'localhost' to database 'magento'
mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root' = PASSWORD('pass');
ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''#'localhost' to database 'mysql'
mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'#'localhost' = PASSWORD('pass');
ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''#'localhost' to database 'mysql'
mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'#'::1' = PASSWORD('pass');
ERROR 1044 (42000): Access denied for user ''#'localhost' to database 'mysql'

Answer 1

You can stop mysql server and restart it with --skip-grant-tables option. That way it doesn't look at credentials when opening up a mysql shell
After that,
mysql> UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('MyNewPass')
-> WHERE User='root';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Stop mysql server, and start it again

Answer 2

Just adding some details to Justin’s Kiang answer (which help me, thanks!).
On my OS X Machine:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start --skip-grant-tables
mysql -u root
and then the SQL code as per Justin’s answer:
UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('newpassword') WHERE User='root';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
bye
And restarting the MySQL server again:
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server stop
sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start
Adjust your path to mysql folder if needed.