Questions tagged [virtualbox]
VirtualBox is Oracle's virtualization software. It allows running of Linux and Windows on a Mac under OS X.
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Mouse pointer in Android via VirtualBox cannot be controled easily
I successfully created Android machine in VirtualBox 5.2.20. Problem is that I cannot make it so that mouse is easy to control via trackpad.
I have searched and tried various solutions with no ...
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Does this look normal when I'm only streaming a 4K video? (MBP15 2018, i9, 32GB, 1TB) [closed]
The question says it all; I'm using a 2018 MBP 15", i9 processor, 32GB of RAM and 1TB storage, running macOS Mojave v10.14.2. Does this look normal? On the first picture I'm using Chrome to stream a ...
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How Do I Create A VirtualBox VM From An Existing macOS Mojave APFS Volume?
I saw a related post but the instructions were specific to VMware Fusion, which I am not using.
With Carbon Copy Cloner, I created a bootable backup of the existing macOS Mojave installation that I ...
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VirtualBox.app would no longer runs
Results in About This Mac:
macOS Mojave
Version 10.14.1
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)
This hardware shipped the OS version 10.10 Yosemite, if I remember correctly.
In either the Mojave ...
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Stuck installing Windows on a Mac
Can you guys help?
I decided to install VM rather than bootcamp.
But I'm having an issue (Mac High Sierra)
I tried installing Parallel, VirtualBox, and VMFusion, but all of them fail
It looks like a ...
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Hard Disk issue after uninstalling virtualbox
I have a Macbook Air 2015 with High Sierra.
A couple of weeks ago I installed and used a VM with virtualbox. Since I deleted virtualbox I have been unable to use the disk storage that I had devoted ...
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Virtualization software options for macOS
I want to play Alto's Adventure for free on my Mac so I installed Windows 10 virtual machine on my Mac using Virtual Box, but Alto's Adventure crashes in Virtual Box even if it give the maximum amount ...
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3D Acceleration Virtualbox 5.2.18 bug on Macbook Pro 2018, 15"
Background
I have been having two different issues related to the performance of my virtual machines running on my brand new MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018). Given the specifications of my new Mac, there ...
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Trying to get bluetooth to work in guest windows vista in virtual box
I assigned the bluetooth host controller to the guest and vista detected it. I installed the driver that boot camp is providing for my computer and for 32bit windows, which is broadcom 4.0.3.0 from ...
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How to create /etc/exports in Mojave
Im trying to start my vagrant environment on the new macOS mojave getting an error:
tee: /etc/exports: Operation not permitted
tee: /etc/exports: Operation not permitted
tee: /etc/exports: ...
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VirtualBox Share Guest Internet With Host
Recently I've encountered issue with My MBP Mid 2009 Wifi Card so I bought USB adapter but the problem is that it has not compatible with Windows only So I somehow managed to Connect my Virtual Box ...
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Attempts to install Windows 8.1 onto an Early 2011 MBP are failing
So I have spent the past couple of days attempting to install Windows 8.1 onto a MBP with High Sierra. Apparently, this model is unable to create and boot from a USB dive. So the normal Boot Camp ...
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macOS as a guest and in the host
I want to install macOS High Sierra as a guest having macOS in the host but want to know what virtualization software either VirtualBox of VMware provides the best security options between Guest and ...
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Unknown partitions in diskutil
When I run the command diskutil list, I get the following output:
I was shocked to see that there was a partition on my internal drive called Linux Filesystem. I would appreciate it if someone could ...
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How to install VirtualBox extension pack?
I downloaded the extension pack from:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Got this file Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.2.14.vbox-extpack.gz
To install it you have to go to File / ...
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Virtual Machine vs. Remote Desktop performance on 2012 MBPr
MacBook specs:
i7 2.3ghz processor
256gb SSD
16gb RAM
Intel HD graphics 4000
I am trying to write, compile, and run c# windows form apps on my Mac, and I'm having little to no success. I've done ...
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How do I unblock vm from firewall?
How do I accept anything from my virtual machine (named vagrant).
Tried to add this row in the /etc/pf.conf:
pass in from 192.168.10.11 to 192.168.10.1
where .11 is the vm and the .1 is the host.
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Running OS X El Capitan 10.11 in VirtualBox
I need to install OS X El Capitan 10.11 as guest OS in VirtualBox running on macOS High Sierra 10.13. I followed the instructions in this guide.
I obtained the OS X El Capitan image from here and ...
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VirtualBox: Bridged Connection Not Working - High Sierra
I just bought my first Macbook today (long time Windows user) but I am running into issues loading in the .OVA of Rapid 7's "Hackazon" vulnerable web app into VirtualBox and getting a bridged ...
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Failed to open/create the internal network 'HostInterfaceNetworking-en0' VirtualBox?
I download VirtualBox 5.2.10 r122088 (Qt5.6.3) On my macOS High Sierra. I set up my virtual machines but I cant have bridged adapter apparently. it was working in the last one but in this one, it just ...
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VirtualBox NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Mac
So, I restarted my Mac in the morning and I receive this error while trying to start my normal VBox but it did not start instead it gave in an error. This is the error image
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Unable to boot from Mac OS X Snow Leopard DVD in Virtual Box
I downloaded Mac OS X Snow Leopard DVD from Apple Developer Connection website from this link. I am attempting to install it as a guest OS using Virtual Machine (version 5.2.10, current as of this ...
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VirtualBox doesn't start on MacOS High Sierra
I installed VirtualBox from here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads on macOS 10.13.3 and I am an admin on the computer. When I try to run the application it does not start. I tried to ...
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Windows virtual machines with transparent mouse capture?
I've tried VMWare and VirtualBox and both have an intentional "mouse capture" process wherein the keyboard and mouse control is passed into the VM, and then has to be explicitly released to get back ...
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How do you enable Oracle VirtualBox's autostart daemon?
The obvious gist from @reidransom didn't work for me.
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VirtualBox: mount USB in macOS High Sierra
I'm running VirtualBox 5.2.8 on my Mac High Sierra 10.13.3. The guest OS is also macOS High Sierra 10.13.3.
My external SSD is unmounted from my host system and is correctly mounted as USB 3.0 ...
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Connecting two Macs and VMs via Thunderbolt
I have two Macs connected via Thunderbolt bridge. I assigned two IPs (192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2).
Put up two Oracle Linux VirtualBox VMs and shared the Thunderbolt connection in bridged mode. ...
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Poor performance with Virtual Box on MacBook Pro 2017
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 via Virtual Box on my MacBook Pro 2017 w/ TouchBar (3.3Ghz i7, 16 GB 2133 MHZ) and I am getting a very laggy and unpleasant experience on the machine. I have gone through the ...
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Can Touch ID Work With a Windows 10 VM?
I checked, this is not a duplicate.
I just installed VirtualBox on my MacBook Pro (macOS HS 10.13.3).
So, Apple created "support software" that allow special hardware to be used in Windows 10. That ...
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Kernel panic on a new MBP 2017 Touch bar (virtual box suspected)
2 weeks into a new MBP touch bar 2017 and i get a kernel panic:
can someone read the log and tell me what's up?
thanks in advance.
Anonymous UUID: 6B3D5FAD-A7B2-9D30-CB2B-15E5EC8E6296
Wed ...
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Installing Ubuntu without DVD or Flash Drive
I'm trying to give new life to my old white late-2006 MacBook by installing a new OS (dual boot), but I am having problems as my DVD/CD drive is broken and I just can't get my Mac to boot from my ...
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Using VirtualBox on Mac HighSierra - installing Windows 10 via external hard drive, not working!
Installed VirtualBox on my Mac (HighSierra), my version 2014, doesn't have a CD-ROM/DVD drive so I'm using a portable drive to install Windows 10 64-bit. VB isn't recognizing the external drive. ...
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Mouse lags in VirtualBox
I want to use VirtualBox on my MacBook Pro. I allocated 8G memory and 4 cores as CPU to the VirtualBox. I have installed Windows 8.1 Pro. But I realize that the mouse still lags in Windows.
Does ...
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Determine storage requirement for VirtualBox snapshot merge
Unable to merge storage '/Users/.../Disk.vdi'. Not enough free storage space.
Result Code:
NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY (0x8007000E)
Component:
SessionMachine
Interface:
IMachine {c2527465-f1b5-6791-9b86-...
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Install macOS High Sierra as VirtualBox guest (on macOS High Sierra)? [duplicate]
I would like to install a VirtualBox guest of macOS High Sierra on my MacBook Pro that is also running macOS High Sierra so that I can experiment with MDMs, etc. without rendering my primary laptop ...
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VirtualBox 5.2 Won't Install on Mac OS 10.13
Trying to install VirtualBox 5.2 on a Mac running OSX 10.13. The installation fails with an installer message reading "The installation failed."
I've tried the 2 solutions I've been able to find and ...
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Can't install El Capitan in VirtualBox on High Sierra
I am installing El Capital in VirtualBox on High Sierra. The reason I am doing this is that I have an enterprise application that stoped working in High Sierra and so I am going the VM route.
When I ...
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How to prevent the automatic startup of VBoxHeadless on Mac?
I Install VirtualBox for Mac but I do not use it. The VBoxHeadless process still takes a lot of memory. How to stop it permanently and prevent from the automatic startup?
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VirtualBox 5.1.28 fails to install on MacOS 10.13 due to KEXT security
I have tried to install VirtualBox 5.1.28 to macOS high sierra but it fails every time with the following screen:
After some looking around I found this thread and I did indeed see that it was ...
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Electron - Cannot manage to run application on macOS 10.13
Whenever I build my application using Electron Packager (on Windows) & try to run my application (on a macOS 10.13 via VirtualBox, I get an error message:
When clicking "Show Details", the error ...
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VirtualBox - Sharing a folder
I'm a Windows 10 user, running macOS High Sierra 10.13 via VirtualBox 5.1.28.
I didn't fully understand how to share a folder.
The part that I did understand and did, is:
Devices → Insert Guest ...
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VirtualBox 5.1.8 installation didn't install kernel extensions. How do I fix this? [macOS 10.13]
When I installed VirtualBox it said that the installation "failed" but I still got VirtualBox.app in my applications folder.
When I try to boot windows 7 VM, it says "Kernel drivers not installed (rc =...
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Standard Mac keyboard mapping in VirtualBox?
I am using differents Unix in VirtualBox on my Macs (MacBook Pro, iMac).
I have standard QWERTY keyboards so as to be able to type fluently:
English
French
German
UNIX shell
programming languages: C, ...
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How to connect to the PPTP VPN in ubuntu 16.04?
As Apple has stopped to support PPTP VPN. I have installed virtual box with ubuntu 16.04 to be able to connect to my customer which uses PPTP VPN.
I cannot establish the connection, It always fails
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Compability of Brew Cask VirtualBox and Parallels?
I have a Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac installed and for a Vagrantfile I need to have virtualbox that I could install with brew such that brew install caskroom/cask/virtualbox.
I tested Parallels ...
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Install macOS Sierra on VirtualBox?
I’m trying to install macOS Sierra on VirtualBox, but can’t seem to make it work. For reference, here are the steps I took.
Downloaded the Install macOS Sierra app from the App Store.
Used the ...
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VirtualBox 5.1.22 on OSX 10.10.5 fail to start after install
I get the following error when starting from Terminal:
VirtualBox: Error -610 in supR3HardenedMainInitRuntime!
VirtualBox: dlopen("/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxRT.dylib",) failed: &...
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Installing Windows 10 on Early 2011 MacBook Pro (VirtualBox method)
Apologies if the etiquette of posting is incorrect, I'm brand new to the site despite lurking for years and couldn't seem to comment on the guide I mention below.
I've been trying to set up Win10 on ...
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How to clean up the files left by deleted VirtualBox VMs? [duplicate]
I am running OS X Sierra on a 2016 Macbook Air.
I installed VirtualBox recently, and had 48 GB of free space after installation. I then set up an Ubuntu VM with a 10 GB hard drive. After 20 minutes ...
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After info.plist setting <key>LSUIElement</key> <string>1</string>, how do I quit the application
I've set the info.plist to have an LSUIElement key value of 1.
As described here:
In Fullscreen, disable auto-hiding Mac menu bar
If I fullscreen the virtualbox application using the green ...
