Uninstall OrbStack from macOS and comeback to Docker Desktop

restore-docker-desktop-from-orbstack

# unistall orbstack first

# if you install OrbStack, this app uses the same commands and replaces docker symlinks, 
# if you uninstall it, the docker commands doesn't work. You need to restore the symlinks.

# remove old links orbstack
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/docker /usr/local/bin/docker-compose /usr/local/bin/docker-buildx /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-desktop

# create new links to docker desktop
sudo ln -s /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Resources/bin/docker /usr/local/bin/docker
sudo ln -s /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Resources/bin/docker-compose /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo ln -s /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Resources/bin/docker-buildx /usr/local/bin/docker-buildx
sudo ln -s /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Resources/bin/docker-credential-desktop /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-desktop

# reload shell config (if you use bash, reload your bashrc)
source ~/.zprofile

# check if docker is running
docker --version
docker ps

If you have plugins, orbstack replaces this links too. You need to restore:

# delete orbstack links
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/docker
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/docker-buildx
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-osxkeychain

# create docker desktop links (if you use another system, replace the path):
sudo ln -s /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Resources/bin/docker /usr/local/bin/docker
sudo ln -s /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Resources/bin/docker-compose /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo ln -s /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Resources/bin/docker-buildx /usr/local/bin/docker-buildx

# create links to credentials server:
sudo ln -s /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Resources/bin/docker-credential-desktop /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-desktop
# another options: docker-credential-osxkeychain, docker-credential-ecr-login. Check /usr/local/bin/docker-credential-ecr-login.

# reload your bash:
source ~/.zprofile
# source ~/.bashrc

# check if it works
docker --version
# Usage: docker-credential-osxkeychain <store|get|erase|list|version>
docker-credential-osxkeychain

in my case i had some links left, this is how i handled them:

# delete orbstack links
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/orb
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/orbctl

# replace links with docker desktop
sudo rm -f /usr/local/bin/kubectl
sudo ln -s /Applications/Docker.app/Contents/Resources/bin/kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl

# use this to check if there are any Orbstack links left:
ls -lat /usr/local/bin | grep OrbStack