Actually I had the same issue... Pretty annoying but I found out after emailing them that the file at /Library/Application Support/absolute/MAMP PRO/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php
is basically a temporary placeholder for your settings, inasmuch as whenever you start up MAMP the contents of the file at /Applications/MAMP/bin/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php
is read and copied into it, overriding whatever's already there.
That said, here's what to do:
- Stop all servers and quit MAMP (completely)
- Make your changes to the file located at
/Applications/MAMP/bin/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php
- Open MAMP again and start all servers
The settings from the file you just edited should now be copied into the one that's actually read by MAMP and should take effect immediately.
For instance, I prefer to not enable the AJAX feature, so I did this:
- Shut down the servers
- Closed MAMP (entirely)
- Opened the file
/Applications/MAMP/bin/phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php
- Added
$cfg['AjaxEnable'] = false;
to the file - Saved the file
- Reopened MAMP
- Started the servers
... and all was well.