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I'm looking for a database visualization tool for OS X. MySQL Workbench looks promising, but the binaries provided are Intel only and I haven't been able to get the source to compile on PowerPC yet. Are there any other database visualizations tools out there for OS X? What other tools do you use for database development/administration?

Edit: I'm looking for applications native to OS X (i.e. it uses Cocoa). It doesn't necessarily have to be free, and I no longer need it to be able to run on PowerPC. I would like to know if there are other programs used besides Sequel Pro and MySQL Workbench as MySQL Workbench was only ported to OS X recently.

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I use Sequel Pro for MySQL and Base for SQLite.

Jarrod
Sequel Pro is good, but not really a visualization tool.
zvikico
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I think there are heaps of database design tools for Mac but I'm not sure what percentage of them runs on PPC. Look around apple downloads page.

stefanB
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Squirrel SQL. Supports all databases that can be connected via Javas JDBC.

Ansgar
I use Squirrel and like it, but find it somewhat prone to hanging on long operations or connection timeouts and suffers from some other quirky behavior ("Could not close some connections, do you still want to quit?" - answering No still quits.)
Lyle
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There are plenty of Eclipse plugins for database visualization and manipulation (search stack-overflow for recommendation). Most of them work on Mac OS X. Most of them connect via JDBC, which means you just need the Connector/J for MySql.

OpenOffice Base is another interesting alternative.

zvikico
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I believe you are looking for Querious, a fantastic Cocoa app for MySQL database management. A veritable Delicious Library of database management apps.

Steve Johnson
It doesn't offer database visualization, but it's the only native application mentioned that I have not heard of.
mgriepentrog
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I use Navicat to access our Postgres and Oracle. I haven't tried for MySQL, but there' is a Mac version.

eduffy
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I use RazorSQL. It has an SQL editor, database browser, query builder, etc. and supports databases like MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MS SQL Server and a whole host of others.

Deb Timmons