I&#x27;m also in the beta, and I like it a lot. It&#x27;s functionally equivalent to `dlite`, which Nathan LaFreniere has done an <i>extremely</i> good job on. He deserves massive credit for making OSX Docker dev bearable and for providing the inspiration for &quot;Docker for Mac&quot;.<p>A few issues I&#x27;ve seen:<p>1. I cannot believe they are using `docker.local`. This hostname will cause nothing but trouble for years to come. DON&#x27;T USE `.local`! Apple has decided that `.local` belongs to Bonjour, and due to a longstanding bug with their IPv6 integration, you can expect to see a 5-10s random delay in your applications as Bonjour searches your local network to try to resolve `docker.local`. Yeah, you put it in your `&#x2F;etc&#x2F;hosts`? Doesn&#x27;t matter. Still screws up. Use `docker.dev` or `local.docker`. [<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;superuser.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;370559&#x2F;10-second-delay-for-local-tld-in-mac-os-x-lion" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;superuser.com&#x2F;questions&#x2F;370559&#x2F;10-second-delay-for-lo...</a>]<p>2. -beta8 is screwed up. It won&#x27;t bind to its local ip anymore. The only option is to port forward from localhost. Unfortunately, Docker isn&#x27;t offering a download of beta7. Thankfully, I still had the DMG around.
3. The polish is still lacking. Most menu bar items ask you to open up something else.
4. Why &quot;Docker for Mac&quot;? Couldn&#x27;t the team think of a less confusing name? Now I have &quot;Docker&quot; running &quot;docker&quot;.<p>Otherwise - great projects, and again, much credit to @nlf for `dlite`. If you&#x27;re not part of the beta, check out dlite (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;nlf&#x2F;dlite" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;nlf&#x2F;dlite</a>). It&#x27;s at least as good as Docker for Mac.