Power up failed - Can't restart Local

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In that case, there’s one more thing you can try:

  1. Download the binary under “Attachments” on this page: https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1023856
    • The binary that doesn’t mention Linux or Windows is the one you want for macOS. At the time of writing it’s 1023856-vdiskmanager-3.0.2.zip
  2. After downloading and extracting it, run the following (assuming it’s unzipped in the Downloads folder) in Terminal:
~/Downloads/vmware-vdiskmanager -R ~/.docker/machine/machines/local-by-flywheel/disk.vmdk

Then, you can try running Local again.

Update for macOS Catalina users:

The attachment on the page above is a 32-bit binary which Catalina no longer supports.

To get a 64-bit version of vmware-vdiskmanager, you can try the following:

  1. Install Homebrew if it isn’t already
  2. Run brew cask install vmware-fusion and enter your password when prompted
  3. Run
    vmware-vdiskmanager -R ~/.docker/machine/machines/local-by-flywheel/disk.vmdk
  4. Try to open Local

If you no longer have any need for VMWare Fusion, remove the cask by running brew cask remove vmware-fusion