Docker Update does not work (non admin macOS account)

### Description

A collegue and I can't update Docker on macOS on our machines that we are not directly an administrator on.
The two machines we are using run on macOS Tahoe 26.1 (Machine A) and macOS Sequioa 15.7.2 (Machine B).

When clicking update it either errors with exit status 42 or just closes up, when opening again nothing happens the first time and opening it the second time brings it back to the old version.

There are two closed issues in this repository, but in the comments you can see that people are still complaining that the issue is not really resolved, see:
https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/7403
https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/6920

(diagnostics id is for machine A)

### Reproduce

1. Use a macOS account that is not an administrator (but may still be in sudoers)
2. Open Docker Desktop
3. Click update in the settings

### Expected behavior

Docker opens with the new version

### docker version

```bash
# Machine A

Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:           28.3.3
 API version:       1.51
 Go version:        go1.24.5
 Git commit:        980b856816
 Built:             Wed Jul 16 10:32:48 2025
 OS/Arch:           darwin/arm64
 Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.44.3 (202357)
 Engine:
  Version:          28.3.2
  API version:      1.51 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.24.5
  Git commit:       e77ff99
  Built:            Wed Jul  9 16:13:56 2025
  OS/Arch:          linux/arm64
  Experimental:     false
 containerd:
  Version:          1.7.27
  GitCommit:        05044ec0a9a75232cad458027ca83437aae3f4da
 runc:
  Version:          1.2.5
  GitCommit:        v1.2.5-0-g59923ef
 docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0

# Machine B

Client:
Version:           28.4.0
API version:       1.51
Go version:        go1.24.7
Git commit:        d8eb465
Built:             Wed Sep  3 20:56:26 2025
OS/Arch:           darwin/arm64
Context:           desktop-linux

Server: Docker Desktop 4.47.0 (206054)
Engine:
  Version:          28.4.0
  API version:      1.51 (minimum version 1.24)
  Go version:       go1.24.7
  Git commit:       249d679
  Built:            Wed Sep  3 20:58:53 2025
  OS/Arch:          linux/arm64
  Experimental:     false
containerd:
  Version:          1.7.27
  GitCommit:        05044ec0a9a75232cad458027ca83437aae3f4da
runc:
  Version:          1.2.5
  GitCommit:        v1.2.5-0-g59923ef
docker-init:
  Version:          0.19.0
  GitCommit:        de40ad0
```

### docker info

```bash
# Machine A

Client: Docker Engine - Community
 Version:    28.3.3
 Context:    desktop-linux
 Debug Mode: false
 Plugins:
  ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.9.11
    Path:     /Users/jakob.neumann/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-ai
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.26.1-desktop.1
    Path:     /Users/jakob.neumann/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  cloud: Docker Cloud (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.4.18
    Path:     /Users/jakob.neumann/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-cloud
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.39.1-desktop.1
    Path:     /Users/jakob.neumann/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.42
    Path:     /Users/jakob.neumann/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.0
    Path:     /Users/jakob.neumann/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.29
    Path:     /Users/jakob.neumann/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.4.0
    Path:     /Users/jakob.neumann/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
  mcp: Docker MCP Plugin (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.13.0
    Path:     /Users/jakob.neumann/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-mcp
  model: Docker Model Runner (EXPERIMENTAL) (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.36
    Path:     /Users/jakob.neumann/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-model
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     /Users/jakob.neumann/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.18.2
    Path:     /Users/jakob.neumann/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
 Containers: 1
  Running: 0
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 1
 Images: 1
 Server Version: 28.3.2
 Storage Driver: overlayfs
  driver-type: io.containerd.snapshotter.v1
 Logging Driver: json-file
 Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
 Cgroup Version: 2
 Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
 CDI spec directories:
  /etc/cdi
  /var/run/cdi
 Discovered Devices:
  cdi: docker.com/gpu=webgpu
 Swarm: inactive
 Runtimes: runc io.containerd.runc.v2
 Default Runtime: runc
 Init Binary: docker-init
 containerd version: 05044ec0a9a75232cad458027ca83437aae3f4da
 runc version: v1.2.5-0-g59923ef
 init version: de40ad0
 Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: builtin
  cgroupns
 Kernel Version: 6.10.14-linuxkit
 Operating System: Docker Desktop
 OSType: linux
 Architecture: aarch64
 CPUs: 14
 Total Memory: 7.653GiB
 Name: docker-desktop
 ID: 4ac0276f-906f-4c2e-aab1-06a32cf215be
 Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
 Debug Mode: false
 HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
 No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
 Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=unix:///Users/jakob.neumann/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/docker-cli.sock
 Experimental: false
 Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  ::1/128
  127.0.0.0/8
 Live Restore Enabled: false

WARNING: DOCKER_INSECURE_NO_IPTABLES_RAW is set


# Machine B

Client:
Version:    28.4.0
Context:    desktop-linux
Debug Mode: false
Plugins:
  ai: Docker AI Agent - Ask Gordon (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.9.11
    Path:     /Users/gordon.freeman/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-ai
  buildx: Docker Buildx (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.28.0-desktop.1
    Path:     /Users/gordon.freeman/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-buildx
  cloud: Docker Cloud (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.4.29
    Path:     /Users/gordon.freeman/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-cloud
  compose: Docker Compose (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v2.39.4-desktop.1
    Path:     /Users/gordon.freeman/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
  debug: Get a shell into any image or container (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  0.0.42
    Path:     /Users/gordon.freeman/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-debug
  desktop: Docker Desktop commands (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.0
    Path:     /Users/gordon.freeman/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-desktop
  extension: Manages Docker extensions (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.2.31
    Path:     /Users/gordon.freeman/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-extension
  init: Creates Docker-related starter files for your project (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.4.0
    Path:     /Users/gordon.freeman/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-init
  mcp: Docker MCP Plugin (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.21.0
    Path:     /Users/gordon.freeman/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-mcp
  model: Docker Model Runner (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v0.1.41
    Path:     /Users/gordon.freeman/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-model
  sbom: View the packaged-based Software Bill Of Materials (SBOM) for an image (Anchore Inc.)
    Version:  0.6.0
    Path:     /Users/gordon.freeman/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-sbom
  scout: Docker Scout (Docker Inc.)
    Version:  v1.18.3
    Path:     /Users/gordon.freeman/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-scout

Server:
Containers: 0
  Running: 0
  Paused: 0
  Stopped: 0
Images: 14
Server Version: 28.4.0
Storage Driver: overlayfs
  driver-type: io.containerd.snapshotter.v1
Logging Driver: json-file
Cgroup Driver: cgroupfs
Cgroup Version: 2
Plugins:
  Volume: local
  Network: bridge host ipvlan macvlan null overlay
  Log: awslogs fluentd gcplogs gelf journald json-file local splunk syslog
CDI spec directories:
  /etc/cdi
  /var/run/cdi
Discovered Devices:
  cdi: docker.com/gpu=webgpu
Swarm: inactive
Runtimes: io.containerd.runc.v2 runc
Default Runtime: runc
Init Binary: docker-init
containerd version: 05044ec0a9a75232cad458027ca83437aae3f4da
runc version: v1.2.5-0-g59923ef
init version: de40ad0
Security Options:
  seccomp
   Profile: builtin
  cgroupns
Kernel Version: 6.10.14-linuxkit
Operating System: Docker Desktop
OSType: linux
Architecture: aarch64
CPUs: 12
Total Memory: 7.653GiB
Name: docker-desktop
ID: 0186510e-faa4-432a-962e-11ae1b6ae150
Docker Root Dir: /var/lib/docker
Debug Mode: false
HTTP Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
HTTPS Proxy: http.docker.internal:3128
No Proxy: hubproxy.docker.internal
Labels:
  com.docker.desktop.address=unix:///Users/gordon.freeman/Library/Containers/com.docker.docker/Data/docker-cli.sock
Experimental: false
Insecure Registries:
  hubproxy.docker.internal:5555
  ::1/128
  127.0.0.0/8
Live Restore Enabled: false
```

### Diagnostics ID

D0BE69AB-DE53-4F6B-8DEB-C67F31B92B56/20251107134556

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