rimelek
May 26, 2025, 7:29pm
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It is known issue:
I think I had this issue recently. I say I think, because I don’t remember the exact message, since I just killed the Docker Desktop process, because I had to make it work quickly and I also reinstalled Docker Desktop later and I’m not sure whether I had a nightly build when the issue happened or not.
But you can try to stop Docker Desktop, check the processes on the Mac host, make sure there are no Docker Desktop processes, and start Docker Desktop again. I had to run
pkill -9 Docker
on my h…
except that I saw the GUI, but tthere are other known issues as well when the GUI is not visible
I had the same problem – Docker wouldn’t start. (This is separate from the malware issue.) After much restarting and trial and error, I went to Settings > General and excluded Docker-related listings from “allow in the background.” The moment I did that, the application finally started.
It was also asked on Slack where the Docker staff reacted, so they are on it. I think I had both of the linked issues, but I’m not 100% sure about the second.
I also have to add that when these issues happen, the developers need some diagnostics data as described here:https://docs.docker.com/desktop/troubleshoot-and-support/troubleshoot/#diagnose-from-the-terminal
and the diagnostics ID can be shared for example on GitHub as a new issue or in an existing issue:https://github.com/docker/for-mac