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Some parts of the Quickstart documentation do not work as described on macOS.
Docker instructions
The command to install Docker on macOS does not work: https://coder.com/docs/tutorials/quickstart#install-and-start-coder
The error message is "ERROR: Unsupported operating system 'macOS'".
OS details: macOS 15.6, M3, 36Gb RAM
$ curl -sSL https://get.docker.com | sh
# Executing docker install script, commit: bedc5d6b3e782a5e50d3d2a870f5e1f1b5a38d5c
ERROR: Unsupported operating system ' macOS'
Please get Docker Desktop from https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop
$ sw_vers
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 15.6
BuildVersion: 24G84
$ sysctl -a | grep brand
machdep.cpu.brand_string: Apple M3 Pro
Assigning your user to the Docker group
Running the command to assign my user to the Docker group also fails:
$ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
sudo: usermod: command not found
Running newgrp
I ran the following command to assign my user to the Docker group on macOS:
sudo dscl . create /Groups/docker GroupMembership $USER
Running newgrp fails:
➜ ~ sudo dscl . create /Groups/docker GroupMembership $USER
Password:
➜ ~ newgrp docker
newgrp: docker: bad group name
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Description
Some parts of the Quickstart documentation do not work as described on macOS.
Docker instructions
The command to install Docker on macOS does not work: https://coder.com/docs/tutorials/quickstart#install-and-start-coder
The error message is "ERROR: Unsupported operating system 'macOS'".
OS details: macOS 15.6, M3, 36Gb RAM
Assigning your user to the Docker group
Running the command to assign my user to the Docker group also fails:
Running
newgrpI ran the following command to assign my user to the Docker group on macOS:
Running
newgrpfails: