As soon as the whale icon appears, the symbolic links for docker, docker-compose, docker-credential-osxkeychain and docker-machine are created in /usr/local/bin. When Docker is launched in this manner, a Docker whale icon appears in the status menu.

In the Docker needs privileged access dialog box, click OK.

Press ⌘ + Space to bring up Spotlight Search and enter Docker to launch Docker.

Running the Docker app for the first time creates this symbolic link. Note that after brew installs Docker, the docker command (symbolic link) is not available at /usr/local/bin.

Disk Image Location – The file system location for the Docker Desktop disk image.The following steps work fine on macOS Sierra 10.12.4.

Disk Image Size – The local disk space available to Docker Desktop.

The default is 1 GB and can be increased or decreased based on container and application requirements.

Swap – The swap file size for Docker Desktop.

Memory – The amount of memory available to Docker Desktop.

Raising this number will increase container and application performance. The default setting is half of the maximum number on your Mac.

CPUs – The number of processors available to Docker Desktop.

Using the sliders, you can adjust the hardware resources available to Docker Desktop.

The Advanced section contains the configuration for the hardware resources used by Docker Desktop. Select the Resources menu heading and click on ADVANCED. In the Preferences screen, you’ll have various sections containing items to customize the behavior of Docker. Opening the Settings dialog of Docker Desktop for Mac Homebrew will automatically find the latest version. This command tells Homebrew to download and install the package called docker. Open the macOS terminal and run the following command. Let’s first cover how to install the Docker Engine.ġ. You can either install just the Docker engine or install Docker Desktop. The Homebrew package manager for macOS offers two ways to install Docker. Before starting, be sure you’ve installed Homebrew.

Installing Docker for Mac Using Engine with HomebrewĮven though you can install Docker many different ways, if you’re on macOS, the Homebrew package manager is probably the easiest. This tutorial will use macOS Big Sur, version 11.5.1. If you’d like to follow along, be sure you have the following: This tutorial will be a hands-on demonstration. Installing Docker Desktop on macOS with a Disk Image.

Installing Docker Desktop with Homebrew.

Installing Docker for Mac Using Engine with Homebrew.

Brew install docker for mac