<p>It turns out after restarting my computer again, there was a prompt requesting escalated admin privileges and then agreeing to new license terms. I didn't seem to see this the last 2 reboots. After both those steps, it's now working again as expected.</p>

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2022-03-15T01:59:04.810Z
2022-03-15T01:59:04.810Z
Manachi
<p>If you are on mac, you probably need to check the <code>Allow the default Docker socket to be used</code> checkbox.</p>
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2023-09-14T02:31:16.977Z
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rivu
<p>I’ve been using Docker Desktop on my Mac M1 for over a year without trouble and just today it seems to have stopped working. It may have coincided with an update.</p>
<p>When trying to open Docker Desktop by double clicking the Docker App icon, it just doesn’t open (and no error message is displayed - it seems to fail silently). When I try to start it up via docker-compose on the cli, the below exceptions are thrown. Could anyone please advise next course of action?</p>
<p>Many thanks.</p>
<pre><code>manachi@macmone lamp % docker-compose up -d
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File &quot;urllib3/connectionpool.py&quot;, line 670, in urlopen
  File &quot;urllib3/connectionpool.py&quot;, line 392, in _make_request
  File &quot;http/client.py&quot;, line 1255, in request
  File &quot;http/client.py&quot;, line 1301, in _send_request
  File &quot;http/client.py&quot;, line 1250, in endheaders
  File &quot;http/client.py&quot;, line 1010, in _send_output
  File &quot;http/client.py&quot;, line 950, in send
  File &quot;docker/transport/unixconn.py&quot;, line 43, in connect
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File &quot;requests/adapters.py&quot;, line 439, in send
  File &quot;urllib3/connectionpool.py&quot;, line 726, in urlopen
  File &quot;urllib3/util/retry.py&quot;, line 410, in increment
  File &quot;urllib3/packages/six.py&quot;, line 734, in reraise
  File &quot;urllib3/connectionpool.py&quot;, line 670, in urlopen
  File &quot;urllib3/connectionpool.py&quot;, line 392, in _make_request
  File &quot;http/client.py&quot;, line 1255, in request
  File &quot;http/client.py&quot;, line 1301, in _send_request
  File &quot;http/client.py&quot;, line 1250, in endheaders
  File &quot;http/client.py&quot;, line 1010, in _send_output
  File &quot;http/client.py&quot;, line 950, in send
  File &quot;docker/transport/unixconn.py&quot;, line 43, in connect
urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: ('Connection aborted.', FileNotFoundError(2, 'No such file or directory'))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File &quot;docker/api/client.py&quot;, line 214, in _retrieve_server_version
  File &quot;docker/api/daemon.py&quot;, line 181, in version
  File &quot;docker/utils/decorators.py&quot;, line 46, in inner
  File &quot;docker/api/client.py&quot;, line 237, in _get
  File &quot;requests/sessions.py&quot;, line 543, in get
  File &quot;requests/sessions.py&quot;, line 530, in request
  File &quot;requests/sessions.py&quot;, line 643, in send
  File &quot;requests/adapters.py&quot;, line 498, in send
requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: ('Connection aborted.', FileNotFoundError(2, 'No such file or directory'))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File &quot;docker-compose&quot;, line 3, in &lt;module&gt;
  File &quot;compose/cli/main.py&quot;, line 81, in main
  File &quot;compose/cli/main.py&quot;, line 200, in perform_command
  File &quot;compose/cli/command.py&quot;, line 60, in project_from_options
  File &quot;compose/cli/command.py&quot;, line 152, in get_project
  File &quot;compose/cli/docker_client.py&quot;, line 41, in get_client
  File &quot;compose/cli/docker_client.py&quot;, line 170, in docker_client
  File &quot;docker/api/client.py&quot;, line 197, in __init__
  File &quot;docker/api/client.py&quot;, line 221, in _retrieve_server_version
docker.errors.DockerException: Error while fetching server API version: ('Connection aborted.', FileNotFoundError(2, 'No such file or directory'))
[767] Failed to execute script docker-compose
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Mac M1 Docker Desktop no longer launches
Manachi
# Mac M1 Docker Desktop no longer launches

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-03-14)

I’ve been using Docker Desktop on my Mac M1 for over a year without trouble and just today it seems to have stopped working. It may have coincided with an update.
When trying to open Docker Desktop by double clicking the Docker App icon, it just doesn’t open (and no error message is displayed - it seems to fail silently). When I try to start it up via docker-compose on the cli, the below exceptions are thrown. Could anyone please advise next course of action?
Many thanks.
manachi@macmone lamp % docker-compose up -d
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 670, in urlopen
  File "urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 392, in _make_request
  File "http/client.py", line 1255, in request
  File "http/client.py", line 1301, in _send_request
  File "http/client.py", line 1250, in endheaders
  File "http/client.py", line 1010, in _send_output
  File "http/client.py", line 950, in send
  File "docker/transport/unixconn.py", line 43, in connect
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "requests/adapters.py", line 439, in send
  File "urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 726, in urlopen
  File "urllib3/util/retry.py", line 410, in increment
  File "urllib3/packages/six.py", line 734, in reraise
  File "urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 670, in urlopen
  File "urllib3/connectionpool.py", line 392, in _make_request
  File "http/client.py", line 1255, in request
  File "http/client.py", line 1301, in _send_request
  File "http/client.py", line 1250, in endheaders
  File "http/client.py", line 1010, in _send_output
  File "http/client.py", line 950, in send
  File "docker/transport/unixconn.py", line 43, in connect
urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError: ('Connection aborted.', FileNotFoundError(2, 'No such file or directory'))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "docker/api/client.py", line 214, in _retrieve_server_version
  File "docker/api/daemon.py", line 181, in version
  File "docker/utils/decorators.py", line 46, in inner
  File "docker/api/client.py", line 237, in _get
  File "requests/sessions.py", line 543, in get
  File "requests/sessions.py", line 530, in request
  File "requests/sessions.py", line 643, in send
  File "requests/adapters.py", line 498, in send
requests.exceptions.ConnectionError: ('Connection aborted.', FileNotFoundError(2, 'No such file or directory'))

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "docker-compose", line 3, in 
  File "compose/cli/main.py", line 81, in main
  File "compose/cli/main.py", line 200, in perform_command
  File "compose/cli/command.py", line 60, in project_from_options
  File "compose/cli/command.py", line 152, in get_project
  File "compose/cli/docker_client.py", line 41, in get_client
  File "compose/cli/docker_client.py", line 170, in docker_client
  File "docker/api/client.py", line 197, in __init__
  File "docker/api/client.py", line 221, in _retrieve_server_version
docker.errors.DockerException: Error while fetching server API version: ('Connection aborted.', FileNotFoundError(2, 'No such file or directory'))
[767] Failed to execute script docker-compose

**Tags:** docker, docker-compose, macos


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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2022-03-15. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

It turns out after restarting my computer again, there was a prompt requesting escalated admin privileges and then agreeing to new license terms. I didn't seem to see this the last 2 reboots. After both those steps, it's now working again as expected.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2023-09-14. Score: 0

If you are on mac, you probably need to check the `Allow the default Docker socket to be used` checkbox.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/HFuIg.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/HFuIg.png)


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