# Docker fails to launch on Apple Silicon

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/docker-fails-to-launch-on-apple-silicon/4007>\
**Category:** macOS Chat/Discussions\
**Created:** [13 November 2020 00:27 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/docker-fails-to-launch-on-apple-silicon/4007 "2020-11-13T00:27:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![ohm](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/ohm/32/559_2.png) [@ohm](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/ohm)\
**Post date:** [13 November 2020 08:24 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/docker-fails-to-launch-on-apple-silicon/4007/4 "2020-11-13T08:24:33Z")

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I think people who think there’s going to be no problems at all switching processor architecture are a bit naive. 😅

I haven’t looked into the problems at hand, but hopefully it’s all in software and will probably be fixed within the next couple of weeks/months.

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