No, there was no such option.
Latest news are, that when I connected the Tab back to the Mac it, after all, accepted my password. I have no explanation for the fix. Maybe it will be useful to someone with similar issues: I used Android file transfer utility version 1.0.50.2266, after connection of the tab it said "unable to access the tab, please unlock the device", I entered the same pass on the Tab that failed before and it worked this time.
Fixed.