Check where is mysql installed on mac using homebrew

% type -a mysql

mysql is /opt/homebrew/bin/mysql

mysql客户端无法连接

Authentication plugin 'caching_sha2_password' cannot be loaded: dlopen(/usr/local/mysql/lib/plugin/caching_sha2_password.so, 2): image not found

Root cause:

-MySQL8.0 default authentication method is: caching_sha2_password

-MySQL5.7 auth. method is mysql_native_password

Update:

Login to mysql using root

$ mysql -u root --skip-password

$ ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'yourpassword';