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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Why can't use mac audio feature when install Kubuntu in VirtualBox on macOS?
Versions I'm using
macOS: 10.15.4
VirtualBox: 6.1
Kubuntu: 20.04
I installed Kubuntu and everything works well but I found I can't use audio feature when it's running. If I shutdown it, the audio ...
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Samsung T5 cannot be accessed in macOS guest running on VirtualBox macOS host
I am running the latest version of VirtualBox with the extension pack (version 6.1.8). Guest additions (version 6.1.8) is installed on the macOS guest using the spctl kext-consent add VB5E2TV963 patch....
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Getting Bluetooth on Windows 10 Virtual Machine (Guest) - VirtualBox / Disabling Bluetooth Daemon
How can I use bluetooth on my Windows 10 guest machine using my built-in macOS Bluetooth chip.
When I try adding it as a USB device it come up with
Failed to attach USB device Apple Inc. Bluetooth ...
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Can I “peek” my MacOS through VirtualBox while in Windows 10 (Bootcamp)?
MacBook Pro 13' Late 2019.
I have a Windows 10 installed in my external SSD, which I installed and ran via Boot Camp (Tutorial I've Followed). I know that Boot Camp does not allow switching between ...
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How to uninstall VirtualBox / removing Kernel Extension
Reading this thread
I made with brew:
brew cask uninstall virtualbox
Error: Cask 'virtualbox' is not installed.
The dmg file of virtual box is not on disk..
Thanks for any good ideas.
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looking for something more modern than X11 “streaming” with local Vagrant Linux VMs
I have a similar question like Alternatives for XQuartz?, because XQuartz is discontinued since 2016 and X11 feels in general obsolete.
I use vagrant to spin up Linux VMs and connect with ssh to the ...
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Should I take additional precautions to use Parallels shared folder on Linux?
On macOS Catalina I installed Debian 10 i386 on Parallels, installed the vm tools also. Everything looks fine.
I would like to play with Qt projects on both platforms. Since Qt is multi platform ...
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Given the following circumstances, how can I jailbreak my iPhone 6+ [duplicate]
So, I want to jailbreak my iPhone, I know my options but lack the resources or knowledge.
Here's what I've got: Windows 10 64 bit PC, iPhone 6+ 128gb on iOS 12.4.6, MACOS High Sierra vbox machine.
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Install macOS Catalina guest VM on a host with macOS Catalina [duplicate]
I need to install a macOS guest VM on a macOS host machine. I want to do this to create an isolated/sandboxed secure environment to run untrusted apps.
Is it possible to do this without Parallels or ...
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Can someone please help me set up a Virtual Machine of macOS High Sierra using VirtualBox? [duplicate]
I want to create a Virtual Machine of macOS High Sierra using VirtualBox 6.1 on my mid 2014 MacBook Pro that's running macOS.
How do I do that?
I already installed VirtualBox.
How do I create ...
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How to remove VirtualBox Kernel Extension [duplicate]
on my Catalina 10.15.4. - in Terminal - I got an empty result:
j@j-MacBook-Pro ~ % kextstat | grep -v com.apple
Index Refs Address Size Wired Name (Version) UUID <Linked ...
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How do I enable VirtualBox guest to access USB 3.0 if the option is grayed out in the settings (after installing the extension pack)?
I have created a Windows virtual box with no problems. I'm trying to write to a USB (See at the end more info), but keep getting an error. The Host is a macbook, and the USB is connected through an ...
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Enable mouse back button action inside citrix workspace window
I have a MacBook Pro(macOS 10.15.3) and am logged into a Windows 10 system through Citrix Viewer. I have a Logitech MX Master 3 connected to MacBook through bluetooth. The back navigation button works ...
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How to run an image of El Capitan macOS as a virtual machine on another Mac?
I am running Mojave macOS on a Mac mini. I would like to run a virtual machine of El Capitan on Mojave (or Catalina).
I am looking into this because I need to refer to a database using FileMaker 11 ...
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Linux in Oracle VirtualBox VMs runs slow and black screens on MacBook Pro
I'm trying to install a Linux Virtual Machine in Oracle VirtualBox on MacBook Pro 2019 on Catalina, but I am having issues. Ubuntu goes black screen during installation, usually happens when creating ...
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Cannot start any Virtual Machine anymore on High Sierra [duplicate]
I just switched from Sierra to High Sierra for some reason, and Virtualbox doesn't work anymore.
All my machines (Debian, Windows etc), newly created or existing, show that message when started:
The ...
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Installing Catalina OS in VirtualBox?
I have a Macbook that runs Catalina OS, but I would like to have a VirtualBox version of it.
I was able to successfully download Catalina from the App Store, and followed a tutorial to convert it ...
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Trouble Installing Catalina on Virtualbox VM
Does anyone have any experience getting Catalina installed using Virtualbox? I was unsuccessful in booting into the 10.15.3 installer, but luckily I found a copy of 10.15 I can boot into and reformat ...
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Problem installing VirtualBox on MacOS High Sierra
I'm trying to install VirtualBox 6.0.15 on my mid-2010 MacBook Pro 13" with High Sierra on it. The installer gets to the "Running package scripts" with "Time remaining: less than a minute" - and then ...
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ssh into my local ubuntu virtual machine
I would like to ssh into an Ubuntu virtual machine running on Virtual Box on my machine; use Terminal to ssh into a virtual machine running in the same computer
To avoid "why are you doing that? do ...
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How Do I Upgrade VirtualBox from the Command Line
I need to remotely log into a Mac to upgrade VirtualBox. The problem is screen sharing is just abysmally slow and I don't want to use 3rd party screen sharing utilities. I prefer to do this in ...
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How to make Command-Tab *always* bring up the MacOS application switcher?
When using certain applications (such as the built-in "Screen Sharing" VNC app or VirtualBox) the command-tab key combination has unexpected/unwanted behaviors:
In Screen Sharing, when connecting to ...
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Virtual box not installing on macOS Catalina
I am trying to install Virtualbox v 6.1.0 on Mac OS Catalina, but the installation is not successfully completing.
I've read many blogs about allowing the installation in Security in System ...
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How can I tame VirtualBox's CPU usage when running Silverlight-based web site in IE under Windows?
I have a client who uses another vendor for their point of sale system. I need to periodically download reports from this system and currently the only way to do so is with Internet Explorer and it ...
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Release mouse from VirtualBox in Mac automatically?
I installed Windows10 x64 and Unbuntu x64 in VirtualBox in Mac. When I moved the mouse outside of the Ubuntu VM window to get back to Mac, the mouse is automatically released. But when I did the same ...
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virtualbox installation failed on macOS Catalina
I am unable to install virtualbox on macOS Catalina. Tried both the GUI installer and Homebrew.
Here is the installation error:
installer: The upgrade failed. (The Installer encountered an error ...
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How can I resize VirtualBox .vdi disk?
Is it possible to resize a disk image in VirtualBox 6 on Mac OS X?
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Ways to share folders from Mac host to Mojave guest on VirtualBox (using NFS Manager or other options)?
I have a Yosemite host and Mojave guest VM via Virtualbox. I want to share the host's folders with the guest. I'm aware there are at least three ways but I haven't been successful with any of them. I'...
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New Macbook suddenly shut down when using Virtual Box
My MacBook Pro 2019 suddenly powered off when I was booting ubuntu on virtual box. The only other program running on my laptop was the App Store. How can I find out the reason of power failure? It's ...
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Services running in a VirtualBox VM have poor upload speed
I'm using an early 2009 Mac Pro as a server that's running a number of services in docker containers. Because the computer is too old to use the latest version of Docker, I have these docker ...
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How do I completely uninstall Virtualbox from macOS?
I want to know how to uninstall virtual box correctly. I tried removing it from /Applications, but lots of things were left behind. I don’t want to use an app cleaner tool and would like a complete ...
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How to make VirtualBox / Ubuntu work well with Retina display on the Mac?
I am running VirtualBox 6.0 and Utbuntu 19.04, and it is showing the screen really small as it doesn't seem to adjust to the Retina display.
So I have to use VirtualBox's View -> Scale to make the ...
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how to access container and shared folder on docker machine
I have an old macbook pro (mid 2009). I've got it back 'cause my notebook is broken. Docker for mac is not available to mac os El Captain, so i had to install the docker machine.
Now i'm trying to ...
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Unable to use Remote Desktop to connect to Windows 10 virtual machine on macOS host
I am using a MacBook Pro with macOS 10.14.5 and VirtualBox 6.0 (with Extension Packs) to create a Windows 10 virtual machine (downloaded from https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/...
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Why can't I forward from my host port 8080 to guest port 80 (Mojave)?
I'm running a virtual machine so I can work with Wordpress; I have a database on my VM Linux machine in VBox and I'm using a Mac. I have to be able to use my mac to go to localhost/wp-admin so I can ...
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Why does VirtualBox crash macOS?
I installed VirtualBox on my new Mac mini, running macOS Mojave, and it randomly crashes the computer (sometimes it does, other times it doesn't).
The last time it crashed such that both my monitors (...
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How to optimize Mojave for inside a VM?
This may sound like possible duplicate, however it's not. The focus of the question is very specific to OS version macOS Mojave 10.14, with a very specific goal in mind explained below.
The host OS ...
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Cannot use FaceTime HD Camera on VirtualBox Ubuntu 18.04 guest OS
I installed Virtualbox & extension pack 6.0.6 on OSX host(on Mackbook pro with Type-c, 2018 15". Mojave 10.14.4).
On this VBox configuration, I installed Ubuntu 18.04 as guest with default ...
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Is it possible to put Windows 10 onto an external SSD and boot it through VirtualBox/VMware?
I am getting a 13-inch Macbook Pro (possibly the 2019 model) on my birthday. I am wondering if I can put Windows 10 onto an External SSD and boot it with virtual machine software on my Mac (ex. VMware,...
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Can't install High Sierra on VirtualBox or Parallels-not solved by changing date
I'm trying to install High Sierra on VirtualBox or Parallels Desktop. My host is MacOS Sierra.
My installer is 10.13.6 Build 17G85 with its checksums verified.
I created the ISO with this method:
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Best way to run Shell commands on VirtualBox Guest
What's the best way to run shell commands on a MacOS guest VM? Can't seem to run it through VirtualBox's guestcontrol, only lets you launch apps, not run commands directly. Saw some people suggest SSH,...
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Why are my guests in VirtualBox so slow?
I have Mojave 10.14.3, running VirtualBox 6.0.4 and with Debian 9 (with XFCE) as the guest OS.
I have installed the guest additions, no errors. I can verify that the usual vbox modules are running:
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How to improve the performance of a Ubuntu Virtual Machine running in VirtualBox?
I'm using VirtualBox 6.0.4 to run a Ubuntu 18.0.4 guest on a MacBook Pro 2018 host with macOS Mojave. The MacBook host has an i7 processor and 16GB of RAM. In addition to VirtualBox, I'm running ...
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RAM recommendation for hosting 8gb Linux Mint under Virtualbox?
I need to run the latest version of Linux Mint (19.1) under VirtualBox for software testing and debugging. To get the tested apps to run well the VM needs to have 8gb ram, but right now that's the ...
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High Sierra VM Graphics
I have a macOS High Sierra VM (that I run on VirtualBox), and for some reason even though I've assigned 128mb of graphics to the VM (that was the maximum amount), in the VM it says that it has 3mb (...
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How can I run Windows in a VM using VirtualBox? My image is always permission denied
I'm attempting to run a Bootcamp partition in a virtual machine using VirtualBox. It's a Windows 10 install with latest Bootcamp drivers (which I guess is irrelevant here) and latest version of ...
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Is it possible to route traffic from the outside to a virtualbox VM on the inside of a macOS Mojave?
I have a Mac (hermione, IP 192.168.2.86) that runs a Virtualbox VM with address 192.168.97.1. netstat -rn on that machine says:
192.168.97 link#23 UC 2 0 ...
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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 run
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 ...
