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With Docker Desktop 4.39.0, there are now cli commands to do just that : docker desktop start

user@machine ~ % docker ps
Cannot connect to the Docker daemon at unix:///Users/user/.docker/run/docker.sock. Is the docker daemon running?
user@machine ~ % docker desktop start
✓ Starting Docker Desktop
user@machine ~ % docker ps
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE     COMMAND   CREATED   STATUS    PORTS     NAMES
user@machine ~ %

https://docs.docker.com/desktop/features/desktop-cli/

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