1. In Terminal, run:
   brew install mysql
2. Go to my.cnf file and in section [mysqld] add line:
   default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
3. mysql -uroot to log into mysql
4. then inside shell execute this command:
   ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '[password]';

I'd like 3 hours of my life back, please.