如何在 MAC 上重置 docker 首选项

Question

I'm using Docker Desktop for M1 MAC and I was playing around with allocating different amount of resources and I have somehow ended up breaking the application. Docker Desktop is constantly stopping/starting, I cannot open preferences as I only get the spinner and cannot proceed.

I have reinstalled the app multiple times, tried all deletion scripts I could find online, deleted all Docker related files from the Library and ~/.docker , but upon reinstalling the app, my previous settings are still there (Starting Docker upon login is enabled, which is disabled by default). I have also restarted my computer multiple times and tried resetting to factory settings and uninstalling from the Troubleshoot menu, but to no avail.

What could I do? Thanks!

Answer 1

It is possible that something is set in your "defaults" that is upsetting docker .

If I generate a list of all "defaults" domains on my Mac, and search for docker , I get the following:

defaults domains | tr ',' '\n' | grep -i docker
com.docker.docker
com.electron.dockerdesktop

So, if all else is lost, you might consider using the defaults command to delete those two domains and hope that docker starts with sensible defaults, or then re-install. I haven't tried this as my docker instance is working nicely.