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Discussion on: How do YOU speed up Docker (Compose) on Mac?

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dev-head • Edited

Yep, docker isn't natively supported and it is a pain point we Mac users are stuck with.

If and when I run into performance issues with docker on mac, I build a Vagrant box and run docker in there; giving me better control of the performance controls. However, with using the more modern Docker Desktop I find myself doing this less and less these days.

Upgrading to a newer Mac with more ram/cpu is a solution of sorts too :D

Deets:

  • mac: 10.13.6
  • docker desktop: 2.0.0.0-mac81 (6vCPU|4GB Ram|2GB Swap)
  • docker engine: 18.09.0
  • docker compose: 1.23.2
  • docker machine: 0.16

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JavaScript Room

Thanks for your feedback! That's sad that you need to come up with workarounds if you're a Mac user indeed... I understand now why some DevOps folks choose Linux :) Didn't consider running Vagrant so far but who knows where I will end up :)