VirtualBox is Oracle's virtualization software. It allows running of Linux and Windows on a Mac under OS X.
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How can I install Mac OS X Lion in VirtualBox, or any other type of virtual machine?
I purchased Lion and heard that it supports virtual machine install.
I want to install Lion into my VirtualBoxVM on Lion on on iMac. How can I do this?
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How well does VirtualBox perform when compared to VMWare Fusion for Linux guests?
I'm looking to do some Linux development, which includes some live testing of my application. I need pretty decent performance, but maybe not pedal to the metal performance, at least not for testing. ...
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How to install Ubuntu from OS X?
I'm looking for a solution that would enable me to install Ubuntu and run it as a virtual machine under OS X but still be able to boot directly Ubuntu.
If possible I would like to test both ...
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Is it possible to install Mac os x in virtual machine on a macbook pro?
I'm going to try diffrent versions of MacOSX on my macbook pro. I have a Snow Leopard installed there, and need something else (possibly a Tiger) as second solution, to test the software.
So I ...
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Using Time Machine with Virtualization (Parallels, VirtualBox, VMWare, etc…)
Since a single small change to a VM file should (I think) cause the entire multi-gigabyte file to be backed up again, are there any ideas I can use to more effectively backup my machine?
Assume that ...
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What is the difference between various VM solutions?
I'm new to the Mac platform and need to figure out which virtualization platform is best for me.
Is there a comparison list of features (and missing features) for each of the major virtualization ...
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What are the default permissions on the Applications folder in OS X supposed to be?
I was trying to run VirtualBox on OS X when I got the error:
Failed to open a session for the virtual machine tinyXP.
Failed to load VMMR0.r0 (VERR_SUPLIB_WORLD_WRITABLE).
Unknown error creating VM ...
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Can I play Warcraft 3 (DotA) on a Mac?
I owned a MacBook Pro. I want to play a PC game called WarCraft 3 (with the DotA mod). I have Google and done some research on how to play DotA on the Mac. I can think of three possibilities:
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Is Mac OS X in a VirtualBox VM suitable for iOS development?
I have finally successfully managed to install Mac OS X in a virtual machine on my Windows 7 laptop using VirtualBox and a tutorial from Lifehacker.
Performance is very slow, with Mountain Lion ...
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How does Parallels handle hard drive usage?
I'm used to VirtualBox, which gives the option of either, a) fixed portion of hard drive (i.e. choose 40gb, and 40gb gets taken up in OS X); or b) dynamic usage (i.e. I choose 40gb max cap, and it ...
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Install OS X in VirtualBox on iMac?
Is it possible to install OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard in VirtualBox on an iMac (i3) running OS X 10.6.8? I have the 10.6 install CD, DMG, and ISO, but can't get any of them to boot from VirtualBox.
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Virtual machines to install for OS+Ubuntu+Windows
I have a MacBook Pro running OS X Lion 10.7.2, and I am going to install VMware to run virtual Windows.
I would like to use Ubuntu at the same time; is it technically possible? Do I need to install ...
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Is it possible to use mac trackpad gestures on, say, a linux virtualbox machine?
Specifically, I would just love to use the trackpad to do "three finger swipes" and switch between Linux workspaces (desktops), that would be extremely slick.
I imagine this might require a plugin or ...
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Accessing an Apache server installed in VirtualBox from Mac
I want to install a linux debian in virtual box and on debian an apache webserver. After this, I'd like to access it form my mac via browser like http://myvirtualbox:80/myfolder. The goal is to "dry" ...
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What drivers should I install to use the trackpad “two finger swipe” on Windows 7 running under VirtualBox?
I'm using Oracle VirtualBox to run several VMs on my MacBook and am unable to use the trackpad to "two finger swipe" to the previous webpage under Win 7.
I'm guessing this is a driver issue.
Since ...
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Migrating an old physical Windows PC to a virtual machine on the Mac
I have a soon-to-be-retired Sony Windows XP PC and I want to transfer it to my Mac and run it as a virtual machine on my Mac.
I have used Parallels and VMware before on a Mac but I have always ...
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OS X in VM Ware or Virtual Box
Is it possible to run OS X in VM Ware? I want to setup a virtualized OS X for testing instead of going to buy another mac. Can I do that technically and legally?
To be explicit I do own a mac ...
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Possible to install VM in another VM?
Currently I own an MacBookPro. For some reasons, I need to run Windows. So I installed Windows XP using VirtualBox (a free virtual machine). My questions is: Can my Windows XP (which run from my ...
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Function keystrokes 'ate' by host when running Win7 in a VirtualBox
I'm a recent Mac convert, but still need to use Windows for work related tasks. A man's gotta eat & pay for internet access.
I have VirtualBox setup w/ a Windows 7 VM. The VM has Visual Studio ...
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How to get Mac OS X to run in a VM on Windows
I want to be able to run RubyMotion on Windows 7 computers. But RubyMotion only runs on Mac OS X Lion. So it seems like the only option is to run a virtual machine on the Windows 7 computers which ...
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Dual boot versus VM storage use?
Which requires the least total storage to run Windows 7, configuring an MBA for dual-boot with Bootcamp, or using a VM (Parallels, VMWare, VirtualBox)?
For the smallest solution, how many free GB ...
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2560x1440 resolution in linux vm with virtualbox or vmware
I've got a macbook air (10.8.2) and want to use an external monitor with 2560x1440 resolution with a Linux (Debian) virtual machine. I want to use the vm in fullscreen mode, with 2560x1440 resolution. ...
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virtualbox running win7 64bit, too slow
I have a MBP, i5 CPU and 4G ram.
I run win7 using virtualbox and I allocate 2G ram for win7, only to find my Mac acts too slowly.
What can I do for that? Am I allocating too much ram?
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How to fix VirtualBox that can't open since Mountain Lion upgrade?
I've a lot of softwares on my Mac, so, I've forgot to check some of them before upgrading MacOS to Mountain Lion (from Lion)
Since Mountain Lion, VirtualBox throw this message when I try to open it:
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Can I create a Windows VirtualBox image on a Linux computer and then use it on my OS X Mac?
I want to try Windows 7 under VirtualBox on my Macbook Air, but I have no optical drive. Rather than going out and buying one, can bypass the optical drive installation by making a Windows 7 ...
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Virtualbox complete fullscreen
I am running Windows via Virtualbox on my Macbook. It works fine. When I switch to fullscreen to screen the screen is actually full, but the windows windows does not spread out to the full extent. How ...
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Should I enable Trim for SSD drives in Windows / VirtualBox?
I understand that Trim exists for OSX Mountain Lion, but is there anything I should do for Windows on Virtualbox in this regard?
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How to automatically start a VirtualBox VM in OS X Lion?
I have a VirtualBox VM set up on OS X Lion. How do I have it automatically start when I log into my account?
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How to send Home key to a VM running on OSX?
How to send the home key to a windows installation in VirtualBox in OSX?
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Can a VirtualBox Windows 7 virtual machine be installed on a USB hard disk?
My MacBook Air has only a 64G hard drive which is so small that I don't want to install virtual machines on it. I'm planning to buy a 1TB portable USB hard disk to run virtual machines. Has anyone ...
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VirtualBox Win7 enable horizontal trackpad scrolling
I use a Windows 7 installtion in Virtual Box. The magic track works fine for scrolling up and down but scrolling sideways doesn't work. Does anyone know how to get it working?
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How to migrate from Parallels to VirtualBox?
I've tried Parallels and it's great but I still find it quite "expensive" so I would like to try out VirtualBox.
Is there a way to migrate my Parallels installation to VirtualBox?
The versions:
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How to input accented characters to an OS running in a VM?
I have a MacBook Pro with English (US) keyboard layout. I usually hold the right-alt (option) key, and press E to activate the accented vowel insertion (it shows a placeholder where the accented ...
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Can I improve network speed with VirtualBox between host and guest?
I use a VirtualBox machine with Arch Linux as development web server. I want to improve rsync transfer speed via smb://. What kind of configuration is best to improve file transfer/synchronization?
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Virtual Box on an non-intel Mac
is it possible to install VirtualBox on a non-intel Mac ?
My configuration : G5 with Mac OS X 10.5.8
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How can I set up a private virtual LAN for my laptop and its guest VMs
I have two VirtualBox guest VMs running Linux under a MacOS X host.
I'm using bridged networking mode but I am not in control of the DHCP server and can not give my host+guests static IPs. Any time a ...
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Upgrade a MBP(8,1) dual i7 to 16GB RAM from 4GB or to a SSD?
I currently find my new computer a bit slow when it comes to my number crunching requirements. Also, I find my computer painfully slow when it's running VirtualBox.
My budget is around $500. Newegg ...
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How to clone CD or DVD from the CLI so it can be accessed in VirtulaBox Windows VM
How can I clone a CD or DVD to an ISO or DMG, using just the CLI, so that I can attach it to a VirtualBox VM.
I often clone CDs or DVDs using the following commands:
diskname=`df -kh /Volumes/* | ...
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How can I launch a Virtualbox VM from the Dock?
How can I put my VirtualBox on my Dock in Mac OS X Lion. I want to have it on my dock so I can click on it to launch it.
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How should I configure VirtualBox to be able to connect to the internet from the guest OS
I am trying to move from VMware Fusion to VirtualBox since Fusion 3.0 is not working since I upgraded to Mountain Lion. VirtualBox is working but I cannot connect to the Internet on my guest OS ...
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Is it possible to run Snow Leopard (Server) inside VirtualBox on a Mac running Lion?
Is it possible to run Snow Leopard (Server) inside VirtualBox on a Mac running Lion, as a means of continuing to run legacy PowerPC apps (Eudora, Quicken, et.al.) under Rosetta, even on new Macs (Lion ...
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Share folder in VirtualBox Host=Mac OS, Guest=Debian
how can I share a folder in VirtualBox between my host-OS Mac OS and my installed guest-OS Debian 6? I installed the guest additions and created a shared folder, but I cannot find it
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How is going to be Windows 7 or 8 performance on VirtualBox with Macbook Pro i5 [closed]
I want to develop .net on VirtualBox Windows 7 or 8 with my Macbook Pro 13 inch i5. But I worry about how is the performance this virtual enviroment.
Please can you give information about Windows ...
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Continuous Crashes in VirtualBox
I'm new to mac, but a long time Linux user. I am running win7 in a virtual machine through VirtualBox. VirtualBox Crashes after a few hours every time I use it. I have uninstalled and reinstalled to ...
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Window size of VirtualBox on mac
I'm trying to install Windows by using VirtualBox on mac, but the size of VirtualBox don't fit the size of my mac.
The window size is too small, how can I make it fit my computer?
By the way, I'm ...
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connection to a SQL database designed in a virtual machine
I try to add a new connection in Visual Studio from a remote server. The server is on a virtual machine. When I create the connection, Visual Studio can find the remote server, it can also see all ...
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How do I change the virtualbox “Host Key”?
I'm not using an apple keyboard and don't have a Left ⌘. Can I change the "Host Key" to be the Right ⌘? How?
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Best keyboard mapping to make Ubuntu like Mac?
While there is a similar question how to make Mac keyboard like Ubuntu, I would like to raise the reverse question: How to make Ubuntu keyboard like Mac?
I like for instance cmd ⌘ to work as ctrl ...
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OSX Server guest within VirtualBox … where do I get the ISO
I'm trying to do things legit and purchased a copy of OSX Server to go along with my OSX install. I am running a MacBook Pro with Mountain Lion... so I'm OK from a hardware perspective.
Now I'm ...
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Skydrive reports errors synchronizing files shared with VirtualBox
I'm getting the following errors when synchronizing my Skydrive
I believe the issue is that I save my Windows 7 based Virtual Box files on the Mac. See below how I share files between the guest ...
