Location of docker images downloaded by Docker 1 9 1 on Mac OS X

Question

Where are the docker images located once they are downloaded from docker hub in Mac OSX. For example if I run a command like:

docker run hello-world

the image is downloaded and the container is run but where is that image located on my system?

Answer 1

If you’re using docker for MAC, yhen this would be your location

/Users/MyUserName/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/com.docker.driver.amd64-linux/Docker.qcow2