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Mac is detecting Docker as a malware and keeping it from starting

by mfru on 3/19/25, 9:36 PM with 3 comments

• by Refalm on 3/19/25, 10:30 PM

  Reminds me when I wrote this script to solve Docker's weird thing it does with virtualization on macOS sometimes. You need to completely remove anything Docker ,reinstall it, then shuffle some files around.

  ```

  brew remove docker

  brew remove docker-compose

  brew remove docker-completion

  brew remove docker-buildx

  brew remove --cask docker

  brew install --cask docker --force

  sudo pkill '[dD]ocker'

  sudo launchctl bootout system /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.docker.vmnetd.plist

  sudo launchctl bootout system /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.docker.socket.plist

  sudo rm -f /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.docker.vmnetd

  sudo rm -f /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.docker.socket

  sudo cp /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Library/LaunchServices/com.docker.vmnetd /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/

  sudo cp /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/MacOS/com.docker.socket /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/

  ```

• by lbourdages on 3/19/25, 10:34 PM

  Missing from the title is the fact that this happened in early January.

  I thought it referred to a repeat incident, but no, it's the same one that has long been fixed.

• by randomNumber7 on 3/19/25, 9:46 PM

  When you want vendor lockin docker seems counter productive.