The preferred choice for millions of developers that are building containerized apps. Docker Desktop is a tool for MacOS and Windows machines for the building and sharing of containerized applications and microservices. Access Docker Desktop and follow the guided onboarding to build your first containerized application in minutes. If you are looking for information about installing Docker Desktop on Windows 10 Home, see Install Docker Desktop on Windows Home. Download from Docker Hub By downloading Docker Desktop, you agree to the terms of the Docker Software End User License Agreement and the Docker. This will get you to the downloads page for the community version of Docker Desktop for macOS devices. Once you are on the downloads page, click on the blue button to the right which says “ Get Docker ” (highlighted in red in the screen shot below) to download the application.

1. Uninstall Docker Desktop For Mac

We have discussed in our previous blogs – How to install docker toolbox on Mac.

Check the blog:
Download / Install Docker Toolbox ( macOS )

Here today we going to see how to download and install Docker Desktop on Mac.
For the latest version of macOS 10.13 or higher version – we can install the Docker Desktop.

Following are quick requirement needed to install Docker Desktop.

• macOS 10.13 or higher version.
• Mac machine hardware should be updated 2010 or higher model.
• Mac machine should have RAM more then 4GB.
• Updated VirtualBox.

Install Docker Desktop On MAC :

Click on the button to download the latest Docker Desktop.dmg file.

Step 1 : Once the dmg file is download – double click on the file and it will pop up the following screen.

Drag the docker icon into the application folder.

Step 2 : Docker will get copy into the application.

Step 3 : After successful copy – It will appear in the applications. Click on the Docker icon.

Step 4: Click on Docker icon will start the docker. You can see a docker icon on the right side top bar of screen.

Step 5 : Once docker desktop is fully up and running – Right click on the docker icon to view all the available options.

Step 6 : Click on the option About Docker Desktop.
Window will appear displaying all the docker desktop configuration details like Docker version, Channel, Engine version, Compose version, Notary version, Credential Helper version and on top Kubernetes.
Note : Docker desktop for mac comes with Kubernetes.

Step 7 : Click on the option Dashboard and try to explore the available options.

• Click on the Sign in to get login into the Docker Hub.
• Sign up on the docker hub site and create dockerId credentials.
• Enter the Docker ID and Password and click on the Sign in button to get logged in.

Click on the Setting option will open the following screen.
Few things are here self explanatory to understand enough.

Click on the Resources tab option.

Click on the Docker Engine option.

Click on the Command Line option.

Click on the Kubernetes.

Troubleshooting:

In case after docker desktop installation if something is not working or operating as expectation then we have option to debug the settings.
Click on the troubleshooting option.

Restart Docker Desktop : Will stop all the running containers and restart the docker.
Run Diagnostics : It will resolve if any issues and fix it.
Reset Kubernetes Cluster : Cluster will cleared with data included.
Clean / Purge data : It will resolve the docker engine issues like problem with booting.
Reset to factory defaults : It will reset and clean to original factory settings.
Uninstall : It will uninstall the docker desktop from your machine completely.

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Uninstall Docker Desktop For Mac

Hope this information was helpful to you.
Feel free to comment if you face any issues or have any doubts.