I am following the steps in How do I stop 'mdwrite wants to use the "metadata" keychain' prompts?
But having a problem, I am unable to type the crazy password into the system dialog that comes up, and copy-paste does not work. Because it is stealing the input focus, I cannot do much else. I had to manually type the password. Is this a Mac Bug? Or am I just doing it all incorrectly.
(Mac Mini on Catalina, while editing xcode project options/targets after locking keychain) Otherwise pretty much exactly as in the link.
Best Answer
Clear the input field of the "mdwrite wants to ..." pop-up
Get the "metadata" login password
Put your cursor in the input field of the pop-up
Go to the menu and under "Edit", go down and click "Paste".
Worked for me, because right-clicking while the mouse was in the field had the usual editing pop-up come up behind the "mdwrite ..." pop-up.
I'd never seen that before, but some pop-ups must have a higher priority than others ...