Developers using the virtualization software Docker have been plagued by an issue for a week, with users complaining that macOS is wrongly detecting it as malware.
Docker – Image Credit: Docker
Docker – Image Credit: Docker
Apple’s security systems in macOS are designed to protect the user and their data from a massive amount of online attacks in normal use. However, those same systems can also trigger in legitimate software if a mistake is made.
That seems to be the case for Docker, a virtualization tool often used to develop apps on Mac. For over a week, users are discovering their Mac is blocking Docker from running, because of a supposed malware issue.