Instal Docker on Mac OS

In this article, we will look at how to install Docker on Mac OS and make it running. Local installation is also referred to as Docker desktop.
If you are on Windows or Linux systems, you can skip this article.

Installing Docker on Mac OS is relatively easy as compared to Windows. Head over to this link and you should see something as below

Click the button to download the installer for Mac. This will be a .dmg file.
After the download completes, click the downloaded file. It will start extracting and once extracted, you will see

Drag the Docker icon to Applications folder as the arrow indicates.
Note that you require adminstrator permissions to do so and it will ask you for system password.

After you drag and drop, wait for a minute or two as it installs Docker and creates its launcher in Applications folder.
Go to /Applications and double click Docker icon, you will see Docker symbol at the top right hand side of your screen.

To verify if Docker is installed, open terminal window and type command

You will get below output, if Docker is successfully installed.

It shows Docker server and client versions and much other details.

This single installer comes with Docker client, Docker engine, Kuberetes, Docker compose etc.

You can check this by typing below command on terminal

and you will get

Docker System Requirements
Below is the system configuration required to install Docker on mac os
1. OS version should be 10.14 or higher. Docker Desktop currently supports macOS Mojave, macOS Catalina, and macOS Big Sur.
2. Minimum 4GB RAM.
3. Mac Hardware should be manufactured after 2010.
Check out detailed requirements here.