Installing Docker on Mac

BOINC uses Podman, an open-source replacement for Docker. To install Podman on Mac OS, go to https://github.com/containers/podman/releases. Scroll down until you see a version that says 'Latest' (not 'Pre-release'). Click on Assets.

For Apple Silicon Macs, download podman-installer-macos-arm64.pkg

For Intel Macs, download podman-installer-macos-amd64.pkg

Double-click on the file, and step through the installation. At the end it will tell you to run

podman machine init
podman machine start

You can do this (in a terminal window) if you want, but you don't have to; the BOINC client will do it when it starts up.