diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 111bf10..fb81acb 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 mysql
 =====
 
-Install the MySQL client and/or server.
+Install the MySQL client and/or server on Linux and MacOS.
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -18,23 +18,29 @@ Available states
 ``mysql``
 ---------
 
-Meta-state that includes all server packages in the correct order.
+Meta-state including all server packages in correct order. This meta-state does **not** include ``mysql.remove_test_database``.
 
-This meta-state does **not** include ``mysql.remove_test_database``; see
-below for details.
+``mysql.macos``
+----------------
+
+Install "MySQL Community Server", "MySQL Workbench", and other related mysql products on MacOS (and create Desktop shortcuts).
+
+``mysql.macos.remove``
+----------------
+
+Remove "MySQL Community Server", "MySQL Workbench", and any other enabled products from MacOS.
 
 ``mysql.client``
 ----------------
 
-Install the MySQL client package.
+Install the MySQL client package on Linux.
 
 ``mysql.server``
 ----------------
 
 Install the MySQL server package and start the service.
 
-Debian OS family supports setting MySQL root password during install via
-debconf.
+Debian OS family supports setting MySQL root password during install via debconf.
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/mysql/defaults.yaml b/mysql/defaults.yaml
index d189904..1c46974 100644
--- a/mysql/defaults.yaml
+++ b/mysql/defaults.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,76 @@ mysql:
         port: 3306
         datadir: /var/lib/mysql
 
+  macos:
+    userhomes: /Users
+    user:
+    group:
+    dl:
+      tmpdir: /tmp/mysqltmp
+      prefix: /usr/local
+      opts: -s -L
+      interval: 60
+      retries: 2
+    products:
+      community_server:
+        enabled: True
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-8.0.11-macos10.13-x86_64.dmg
+        sum: 'md5=602a84390ecf3d82025b1d99fc594124'
+        isapp: False
+        path: /usr/local/mysql
+        app: mysql
+      workbench:
+        enabled: True
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-workbench-community-8.0.11-rc-macos-x86_64.dmg
+        sum: 'md5=37c5ae5bd75a4e1804ae6e0127d68611'
+        isapp: True
+        path: /Applications/MySQLWorkbench/Contents/Versions/latest
+        app: MySQLWorkbench
+      cluster:
+        enabled: False
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-cluster-gpl-7.6.6-macos10.13-x86_64.dmg
+        sum: 'md5=0df975908e7d8e4e8c1003d95edf4721'
+        isapp: False
+        path: /usr/local/mysqlcluster
+        app: MySQLCluster
+      router:
+        enabled: False
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-router-8.0.11-macos10.13-x86-64bit.dmg
+        sum: 'md5=8dd536f2f223933ecbfb8b19e54ee2f6'
+        isapp: False
+        app: MySQLRouter
+      utilities:
+        enabled: False
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-utilities-1.6.5-macos10.12.dmg
+        sum: 'md5=4c8e75bb217b8293dcdeb915b649c2c8'
+        isapp: True   ## ??
+        app: MySQLUtilties
+      shell:
+        enabled: False
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-shell-8.0.11-macos10.13-x86-64bit.dmg
+        sum: 'md5=43db4f0fc39f88c1d7be4a4f52cec363'
+        isapp: True   ## ??
+        app: MySQLShell
+      proxy:
+        enabled: False
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-proxy-0.8.5-osx10.7-x86-32bit.tar.gz
+        sum: 'md5=107df22412aa8c483d2021e1af24ee22'
+      connnector:
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-connector-nodejs-8.0.11.tar.gz
+        sum: 'md5=dece7fe5607918ba68499ef07c31508d'
+      forvisualstudio:
+        enabled: False
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-for-visualstudio-2.0.4-src.zip
+        sum: 'md5=fcf39316505ee2921e31a431eae77a9c'
+      forexcel:
+        enabled: False
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-for-excel-1.3.6-src.zip
+        sum: 'md5=2cc8b65eb72a1b07a6e4e2665e2a29e3'
+      notifier:
+        enabled: False
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-notifier-1.1.6-src.zip
+        sum: 'md5=349f1994681763fd6626a8ddf6be5363'
+
   #The following dict names are reserved for pillar data (see pillar.example)
   global: {}
   clients: {}
diff --git a/mysql/files/mac_shortcut.sh b/mysql/files/mac_shortcut.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f768592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql/files/mac_shortcut.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+CMD='/usr/bin/osascript -e'
+if [[ -f "{{ home }}/{{ user }}/Desktop/{{ app }}" ]] && [[ "${1}" -eq "remove" ]]
+then
+    ${CMD} "tell application \"Finder\" to delete file \"{{home}}/{{user}}/Desktop/{{ app }}\""
+elif [[ -d "{{ dir }}/{{ app }}" ]] && [[ "${1}" -eq "add" ]]
+then
+    ${CMD} "tell application \"Finder\" to make new Alias at (path to desktop folder) to POSIX file \"{{ dir }}/{{ app }}\""
+fi
diff --git a/mysql/macos/init.sls b/mysql/macos/init.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbe2ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql/macos/init.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+include:
+  - mysql.macos.install
diff --git a/mysql/macos/install.sls b/mysql/macos/install.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..024b4f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql/macos/install.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+###  mysql/macos/install.sls
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: ft=yaml
+{%- from salt.file.dirname(tpldir) ~ "/map.jinja" import mysql with context %}
+
+  {%- set dl = mysql.macos.dl %}
+
+mysql-macos-extract-dirs:
+  file.directory:
+    - name: {{ dl.tmpdir }}
+    - makedirs: True
+    - clean: True
+
+  {%- for product, data in mysql.macos.products.items() if "enabled" in data and data.enabled %}
+      {%- set archivefile = data.url.split('/')[-1] %}
+      {%- set archiveformat = archivefile.split('.')[-1] %}
+      {%- set archivename = archivefile|replace('.dmg', '')|replace('.tar.gz', '')|replace('.zip', '') %}
+
+mysql-macos-remove-previous-{{ product }}-download-archive:
+  file.absent:
+    - name: {{ dl.tmpdir }}/{{ archivefile }}
+    - require_in:
+      - mysql-macos-download-{{ product }}-archive
+
+mysql-macos-download-{{ product }}-archive:
+  pkg.installed:
+    - name: curl
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: curl {{ dl.opts }} -o {{ dl.tmpdir }}/{{ archivefile }} {{ data.url }}
+      {% if grains['saltversioninfo'] >= [2017, 7, 0] %}
+    - retry:
+        attempts: {{ dl.retries }}
+        interval: {{ dl.interval }}
+      {% endif %}
+    - require:
+      - mysql-macos-extract-dirs
+
+    {%- if data.sum %}
+mysql-macos-check-{{ product }}-archive-hash:
+   module.run:
+     - name: file.check_hash
+     - path: {{ dl.tmpdir }}/{{ archivefile }}
+     - file_hash: {{ data.sum }}
+     - onchanges:
+       - mysql-macos-download-{{ product }}-archive
+     - require_in:
+       - mysql-macos-{{ product }}-install
+    {%- endif %}
+
+mysql-macos-{{ product }}-install:
+    {%- if archiveformat in ("dmg",) %}
+
+  macpackage.installed:
+    - name: "{{ dl.tmpdir }}/{{ archivefile }}"
+    - dmg: True
+    - app: {{ 'True' if "isapp" not in data else data.isapp }}
+    - force: True
+    - allow_untrusted: True
+    - onchanges:
+      - mysql-macos-download-{{ product }}-archive
+
+    {%- elif archiveformat in ("gz", "zip",) %}
+
+  archive.extracted:
+    - source: file://{{ dl.tmpdir }}{{ archivefile }}
+    - name: {{ dl.prefix }}/{{ archivename }}
+    - trim_output: True
+    - source_hash: {{ data.sum }}
+    - onchanges:
+      - mysql-macos-download-{{ product }}-archive
+
+    {%- endif %}
+    - require_in:
+      - mysql-macos-tidyup-{{ product }}
+
+      {%- if "path" in data and data.path and "app" in data and data.app %}
+
+mysql-macos-append-{{ product }}-path-to-bash-profile:
+  file.append:
+    - name: {{ mysql.macos.userhomes }}/{{ mysql.macos.user }}/.bash_profile
+    - text: 'export PATH=$PATH:{{ data.path }}/bin'
+    - onlyif: test -d {{ data.path }}/bin
+
+mysql-macos-{{ product }}-desktop-shortcut-add:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: /tmp/mac_shortcut.sh
+    - source: salt://mysql/files/mac_shortcut.sh
+    - mode: 755
+    - template: jinja
+    - context:
+      user: {{ mysql.macos.user }}
+      home: {{ mysql.macos.userhomes }}
+      dir: {{'/Applications/' ~ data.app ~ '.app' if "isapp" in data and data.isapp else dl.prefix ~ '/' ~ archivename ~ '/bin'}}
+      app: {{ data.app }}
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: /tmp/mac_shortcut.sh add
+    - runas: {{ mysql.macos.user }}
+    - require:
+      - file: mysql-macos-{{ product }}-desktop-shortcut-add
+
+    {%- endif %}
+
+mysql-macos-tidyup-{{ product }}:
+  file.absent:
+    - name: {{ dl.tmpdir }}/{{ archivefile }}
+    - onchanges:
+      - mysql-macos-download-{{ product }}-archive
+
+  {% endfor %}
+
diff --git a/mysql/macos/remove.sls b/mysql/macos/remove.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77c7c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql/macos/remove.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+###  mysql/macos/remove.sls
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: ft=yaml
+{%- from salt.file.dirname(tpldir) ~ "/map.jinja" import mysql with context -%}
+
+  {%- set dl = mysql.macos.dl %}
+  {%- for product, data in mysql.macos.products.items() if "enabled" in data and data.enabled %}
+      {%- set archivename = data.url.split('/')[-1]|replace('.dmg', '')|replace('.tar.gz', '')|replace('.zip', '') %}
+
+mysql-macos-{{ product }}-remove-destdir:
+  file.absent:
+    - names:
+      - {{ data.path }}
+
+mysql-macos-{{ product }}-desktop-shortcut-remove:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: /tmp/mac_shortcut.sh
+    - source: salt://mysql/files/mac_shortcut.sh
+    - mode: 755
+    - template: jinja
+    - context:
+      user: {{ mysql.macos.user }}
+      home: {{ mysql.macos.userhomes }}
+      dir: {{'/Applications/' ~ data.app ~ '.app' if "isapp" in data and data.isapp else dl.prefix ~ '/' ~ archivename ~ '/bin'}}
+      app: {{ data.app }}
+  cmd.run:
+    - name: /tmp/mac_shortcut.sh remove
+    - runas: {{ mysql.macos.user }}
+    - require:
+      - file: mysql-macos-{{ product }}-desktop-shortcut-remove
+
+  {%- endfor %}
+
+##https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/230333/how-could-i-remove-mysql-from-manually-installation-version
+##https://community.jaspersoft.com/wiki/uninstall-mysql-mac-os-x
+mysql-macos-remove-entry-in-/etc/hostconfig:
+  file.line:
+    - name: /etc/hostconfig
+    - mode: delete
+    - content: MYSQLCOM=-YES-
+    - onlyif: test -f /etc/hostconfig
+
+mysql-macos-remove-mysql-fully:
+  file.absent:
+    - names:
+      - {{ mysql.macos.dl.tmpdir }}
+      - /usr/local/mysql*
+      - /Library/PreferencePanes/MySQL.prefPane
+      - /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
+      - /Library/Receipts/mysql*
+      - /Library/Receipts/MySQL*
+      - /private/var/db/receipts/*mysql*
+      - /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.oss.mysql.*
+
diff --git a/mysql/osmap.yaml b/mysql/osmap.yaml
index 29fd16f..37e7d8c 100644
--- a/mysql/osmap.yaml
+++ b/mysql/osmap.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 # vim: ft=sls
 # vim: sts=2 ts=2 sw=2 et ai
 
+  {% if grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
+MacOS:
+  macos:
+    user:  {{ salt['pillar.get']('mysql:user', salt['cmd.run']("stat -f '%Su' /dev/console")) }}
+    group: {{ salt['pillar.get']('mysql:group', salt['cmd.run']("stat -f '%Sg' /dev/console")) }}
+  {% endif %}
+
+Debian:
+  service: mysql
+
 Ubuntu:
   service: mysql
   devpkg: libmysqlclient-dev
diff --git a/mysql/server.sls b/mysql/server.sls
index a559a8f..62ef0a0 100644
--- a/mysql/server.sls
+++ b/mysql/server.sls
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ mysqld:
       - file: mysql_server_config
 {% endif %}
 
+mysql_what_is_status_of_{{ mysql.service }}:
+  cmd.run:
+    - names:
+      - service {{ mysql.service }} status
+    - onfail:
+      - service: mysqld
+
 # official oracle mysql repo
 # creates this file, that rewrites /etc/mysql/my.cnf setting
 # so, make it empty
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index edde7f9..f78d3a1 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -134,3 +134,50 @@ mysql:
     # Install dev package - defaults to False
     install: False
 
+  macos:
+    products:
+      community_server:
+        enabled: True    # default
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-8.0.11-macos10.13-x86_64.dmg
+        sum: 'md5=602a84390ecf3d82025b1d99fc594124'
+      workbench:
+        enabled: True    # default
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-workbench-community-8.0.11-rc-macos-x86_64.dmg
+        sum: 'md5=37c5ae5bd75a4e1804ae6e0127d68611'
+      cluster:
+        enabled: False  #default
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-cluster-gpl-7.6.6-macos10.13-x86_64.dmg
+        sum: 'md5=0df975908e7d8e4e8c1003d95edf4721'
+      router:
+        enabled: False  #default
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-router-8.0.11-macos10.13-x86-64bit.dmg
+        sum: 'md5=8dd536f2f223933ecbfb8b19e54ee2f6'
+      utilities:
+        enabled: False  #default
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-utilities-1.6.5-macos10.12.dmg
+        sum: 'md5=4c8e75bb217b8293dcdeb915b649c2c8'
+      shell:
+        enabled: False  #default
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-shell-8.0.11-macos10.13-x86-64bit.dmg
+        sum: 'md5=43db4f0fc39f88c1d7be4a4f52cec363'
+      proxy:
+        enabled: False  #default
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-proxy-0.8.5-osx10.7-x86-32bit.tar.gz
+        sum: 'md5=107df22412aa8c483d2021e1af24ee22'
+      connnector:
+        enabled: False  #default
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-connector-nodejs-8.0.11.tar.gz
+        sum: 'md5=dece7fe5607918ba68499ef07c31508d'
+      forvisualstudio:
+        enabled: False  #default
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-for-visualstudio-2.0.4-src.zip
+        sum: 'md5=fcf39316505ee2921e31a431eae77a9c'
+      forexcel:
+        enabled: False  #default
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-for-excel-1.3.6-src.zip
+        sum: 'md5=2cc8b65eb72a1b07a6e4e2665e2a29e3'
+      notifier:
+        enabled: False  #default
+        url: https://downloads.mysql.com/archives/get/file/mysql-notifier-1.1.6-src.zip
+        sum: 'md5=349f1994681763fd6626a8ddf6be5363'
+