--- description: Docker Desktop for Apple silicon keywords: Docker Desktop, M1, Silicon, Apple, title: Docker Desktop for Apple silicon toc_min: 2 toc_max: 3 redirect_from: - /docker-for-mac/apple-m1/ --- Docker Desktop for Mac on Apple silicon is now available as a GA release. This enables you to develop applications with your choice of local development environments, and extends development pipelines for ARM-based applications. Docker Desktop for Apple silicon also supports multi-platform images, which allows you to build and run images for both x86 and ARM architectures without having to set up a complex cross-compilation development environment. Additionally, you can use [docker buildx](../engine/reference/commandline/buildx.md){:target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_"} to seamlessly integrate multi-platform builds into your build pipeline, and use [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/){:target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="_"} to identify and share repositories that provide multi-platform images. ## Docker Desktop 3.3.1 2021-04-15 Click the following link to download Docker Desktop. [Download](https://desktop.docker.com/mac/stable/arm64/Docker.dmg?utm_source=docker&utm_medium=webreferral&utm_campaign=docs-driven-download-mac-arm64){: .button .primary-btn}
### System requirements You must install **Rosetta 2** as some binaries are still Darwin/AMD64. To install Rosetta 2 manually from the command line, run the following command: ``` softwareupdate --install-rosetta ``` We expect to fix this in a future release. ### Known issues - Not all images are available for ARM64 architecture. You can add `--platform linux/amd64` to run an Intel image under emulation. In particular, the [mysql](https://hub.docker.com/_/mysql?tab=tags&page=1&ordering=last_updated) image is not available for ARM64. You can work around this issue by using a [mariadb](https://hub.docker.com/_/mariadb?tab=tags&page=1&ordering=last_updated) image. However, attempts to run Intel-based containers on Apple Silicon machines can crash as QEMU sometimes fails to run the container. Filesystem change notification APIs (e.g. `inotify`) do not work under QEMU emulation, see [docker/for-mac#5321](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/5321). Therefore, we recommend that you run ARM64 containers on Apple Silicon machines. These containers are also faster and use less memory than Intel-based containers. We expect this issue to become less common over time, as more and more images are rebuilt [supporting multiple architectures](https://www.docker.com/blog/multi-arch-build-and-images-the-simple-way/). - `ping` from inside a container to the Internet does not work as expected. To test the network, we recommend using `curl` or `wget`. See [docker/for-mac#5322](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/5322#issuecomment-809392861). - Users may occasionally experience data drop when a TCP stream is half-closed. ### Fixes since Docker Desktop RC 3 - Docker Desktop now ensures the permissions of `/dev/null` and other devices are correctly set to `0666` (`rw-rw-rw-`) inside `--privileged` containers. Fixes [docker/for-mac#5527](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/5527). - Docker Desktop now reduces the idle CPU consumption. ### Fixes since Docker Desktop RC 2 - Update to [Linux kernel 5.10.25](https://hub.docker.com/layers/docker/for-desktop-kernel/5.10.25-6594e668feec68f102a58011bb42bd5dc07a7a9b/images/sha256-80e22cd9c9e6a188a785d0e23b4cefae76595abe1e4a535449627c2794b10871?context=repo) to improve reliability. ### Fixes since Docker Desktop RC 1 - Inter-container HTTP and HTTPS traffic is now routed correctly. Fixes [docker/for-mac#5476](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/5476). ### Fixes since Docker Desktop preview 3.1.0 - The build should update automatically to future versions. - HTTP proxy support is working, including support for domain name based `no_proxy` rules via TLS SNI. Fixes [docker/for-mac#2732](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/2732). ### Fixes since the Apple Silicon preview 7 - Kubernetes now works (although you might need to reset the cluster in our Troubleshoot menu one time to regenerate the certificates). - osxfs file sharing works. - The `host.docker.internal` and `vm.docker.internal` DNS entries now resolve. - Removed hard-coded IP addresses: Docker Desktop now dynamically discovers the IP allocated by macOS. - The updated version includes a change that should improve disk performance. - The **Restart** option in the Docker menu works. ## Feedback Your feedback is important to us. Let us know your feedback by creating an issue in the [Docker Desktop for Mac GitHub](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues)repository. We also recommend that you join the [Docker Community Slack](https://www.docker.com/docker-community) and ask questions in **#docker-desktop-mac** channel.