Cannot launch docker desktop for mac apple silicon chip

Docker Desktop
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I’m on Mac Studio with Apple M1 Max running Sequoia 15.4 and none of the above worked.

I tried all of the proposed solutions (including workarounds at GitHub) without success.

For me:

  • There are no Docker-related items in Settings > General > Login Items & Extensions.
  • I allowed Docker with full disk access in Settings > Privacy & Security > Full Disk Access.

At this time I’m stuck in all of my development activities. For example, I cannot develop and deploy anymore my projects and applications!

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I’ve made a little progress: [Workaround in description] Mac is detecting Docker as a malware and keeping it from starting · Issue #7520 · docker/for-mac · GitHub

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Huge. Incredible. Hours of frustration solved. Should be the default reply in this thread.

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What worked for me was going to Activity Monitor and killing Docker that was running. Then I was able to open it normally again.

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For anyone coming in later, that is running into similar problems with the apple silicone dmg installation and the desktop client working. i had to both (a) exclude all Docker items in System Settings (Login Items & Extensions → Exclude all items with ‘Docker’ from Allow in Background and (b) kill all Docker ops running via the Activity Monitor (CMD+F Docker → CMD+A) → kill all. Then I opened the desktop client again and the window popped up.