Troubleshoot Docker Desktop — From the Console app
Mac provides a built-in log viewer, named Console, which you can use to check Docker logs.
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Mac provides a built-in log viewer, named Console, which you can use to check Docker logs.
The Console lives in /Applications/Utilities. You can search for it with Spotlight Search.
To read the Docker app log messages, type docker in the Console window search bar and press Enter. Then select ANY to expand the drop-down list next to your docker search entry, and select Process.
Mac Console search for Docker app
You can use the Console Log Query to search logs, filter the results in various ways, and create reports.
You can access Docker Desktop logs by running the following command
You can also find the logs for the internal components included in Docker Desktop at $HOME/.docker/desktop/log/.
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