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# Install Docker on Mac OS X
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+You can install Docker using Boot2Docker to run `docker` commands at your command-line.
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+Choose this installation if you are familiar with the command-line or plan to
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+contribute to the Docker project on GitHub.
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+Alternatively, you may want to try <a id="inlinelink" href="https://kitematic.com/"
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+target="_blank">Kitematic</a>, an application that lets you set up Docker and
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+run containers using a graphical user interface (GUI).
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+<a id="graphic" href="https://kitematic.com/" target="_blank"><img
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+src="/installation/images/kitematic.png" alt="Download Kitematic"></a>
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+## Command-line Docker with Boot2Docker
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Because the Docker daemon uses Linux-specific kernel features, you can't run
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Docker natively in OS X. Instead, you must install the Boot2Docker application.
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The application includes a VirtualBox Virtual Machine (VM), Docker itself, and the
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@@ -17,16 +31,7 @@ completely from RAM, is a small ~24MB download, and boots in approximately 5s.
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Your Mac must be running OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" or newer to run Boot2Docker.
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-## How do you want to work with Docker?
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-You can set up Docker using the command line with Boot2Docker and the guide
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-below. Alternatively, you may want to try <a href="https://kitematic.com/" target="_blank">Kitematic</a>,
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-an application that lets you set up Docker and run containers using a graphical
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-user interface (GUI).
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-
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-<a href="https://kitematic.com/" target="_blank"><img src="/installation/images/kitematic.png" alt="Download Kitematic"></a>
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-
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-## Learn the key concepts before installing
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+### Learn the key concepts before installing
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In a Docker installation on Linux, your machine is both the localhost and the
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Docker host. In networking, localhost means your computer. The Docker host is
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@@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ When you start the `boot2docker` process, the VM is assigned an IP address. Unde
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practice, work through the exercises on this page.
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-## Install Boot2Docker
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+### Install Boot2Docker
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1. Go to the [boot2docker/osx-installer ](
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https://github.com/boot2docker/osx-installer/releases/latest) release page.
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@@ -319,4 +324,4 @@ at [Boot2Docker repository](https://github.com/boot2docker/boot2docker).
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Thanks to Chris Jones whose [blog](http://goo.gl/Be6cCk) inspired me to redo
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this page.
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-Continue with the [Docker User Guide](/userguide/).
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+Continue with the [Docker User Guide](/userguide/).
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