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

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