The act of emulating an OS environment to allow the running of additional Operating System instances without dedicated hardware.
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Does the VT-d feature on the i7 have measurable VM gains over the i5 on 2013 RMBP?
Some days ago Apple refreshed the MacBooks pro and I'm looking for either well sourced reviews of the hardware capabilities between the models or real world experience to help me value the increased ...
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Run OS X 10.8 virtual machine on OS X 10.6 with Virtualbox
I have a roommate with a mid-2010 MacBook Pro running OS X 10.6.8. I would like to experiment with OS X 10.8, but don’t want to make them upgrade their Mac since 10.6 is still receiving security ...
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Fake Webcam / Webcam Emulator Mac Os 10.7.4 64Bit running as a Virtual Machine.
I am looking for fake webcam solution for Mac OS 10.7.4 64bit running as a Virtual Machine.
What I tried:
ManyCam - only works with 32bit Browser and then not with all flash applications
CamCamX - ...
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Is it possible to a full system Copy and run it in Parallels?
i have Mac Server and i want to have a full copy of the System.
So i can play around and test new Software and Upgrades before i apply it to the real System.
I am using Parallels and want to create a ...
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Outlook in VM not responding - want to bring window to front
All,
Every once in awhile, when I click on a window in MS' Outlook 2010 to bring it to the front, it doesn't respond. Sometimes, I see the outline of the window I want to bring to the front, but it ...
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Computer should be restarted to connect internet (Mountain Lion on VMware 8)
I have Mountain Lion 10.8 on VMware 8.
I am using auto-bridging (vmnet0) for internet service.
The internet works find until I pause or turn off the virtual machine. When I resume or restart it, the ...
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Is there a virtualization program that will let me run a Linux vm and use a whole disk in a supported way?
I'd like to run a linux VM that let's me treat a disk exactly the same way a real Linux installation would - i.e.: I want to use it to prep disks that will then be transferred to and used on Linux ...
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Umount Gamepad under Mac OS X
I can plug in my gamepad controller and usb probe shows me, that it is recognized. I want to umount it, so that I can use it under the Virtualbox. Where does Mac mount USB devices such as a gamepad.
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Restarting from bootcamp makes virtualization software run extremely slow
i've an issue with every dedicated software used for virtualization.
My macbook pro 5,3 (2,66ghz P8800, 8 gb ram, ssd ocz agility 3 120 gb, hdd installed into the cd slot; mac os x mountain lion ...
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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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Parallels Desktop 8 automation
I am trying to get a few things running on Parallels Desktop 8, and I am wondering if there's any scripting tool to automate Parallels Desktop 8. For example, AppleScript?
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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 ...
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How to copy a “corrupted” (but seemingly-working-just-fine) large VDI file off OSX?
I need to copy a 87 GB VDI file (the virtual disk of a VirtualBox Virtual Machine), off my old spring-2010 MacBook Pro (SSD) to then transfer it to my new work machine.
This Virtual Machine itself ...
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Update/backup iPod via iTunes on virtual Windows XP?
All the programs I use on my Mac these days are either in a Linux VM (in Virtualbox), or open-source apps which are also available on Linux. With one exception: iTunes, which I only use to feed my ...
