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VMware vs virtualbox for mac osx guest, does vmware support guest additions?
I spent hours downloading and setting up an image for mac os sierra for virtualbox
then I find out there is no guest additions for mac osx from virtualbox. So graphics slow and laggy. Resolutions not ...
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Internet is not running on Virtual machine
I am using using virtual box on windows 10, my guest machine is Mac OS X El Capitan. Host machine(Windows 10) is connected to wi-fi, but no internet on guest machine. I tried every solution available ...
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boot an installed linux virtually on mac
I'm using MacBookPro-Early-2015 OSX-10.10.5 .
I have an ubuntu installed in (hd0,gpt3) which boots correctly if I chose it in EFI boot option.
I want to boot it virtually from OSX using virtualbox or ...
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Make Windows VirtualBox guest follow Mac host DNS resolution
I already have a custom domain name entry on my Mac's /etc/hosts file that I use for local testing. I'm able to connect from a browser using http://dev.mysite.co:5000.
127.0.0.1 dev.mysite.co
127.0.0....
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VirtualBox generates blank running screens for Windows VM
I've installed Windows 10 with Guest Additions running on macOS Sierra and it works fine on the full screen.
However it generated after some time extra blank screen, then after another one as shown ...
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Can I share a Linux VM between a Windows PC and a Mac?
I've been looking to use a Linux VM as my development environment as a way to start fresh and have a whole OS dedicated to dev. I use two computers mainly, my Windows desktop and a Macbook. What I'd ...
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VirtualBox - Long Path in Shared Folder with OSX Host and Linux Guest
I have created a Linux (Ubuntu) VM by VirtualBox under OSX. But I'm experiencing Protocol error while creating files with long paths in shared folders (existed files are accessible though).
Is there ...
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New Ubuntu VM is not booting properly
I am attempting to create a Ubuntu VM using VirtualBox. I have successfully done this in the past.
I started by downloading the 64-bit desktop Ubuntu OS from the website. I then created a VM using ...
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Not able to ssh into ubuntu virtualbox vm from mac host
I have an ubuntu VirtualBox VM running on MacOS as host.
I have set up as a host-only network called vboxnet0, it is manually configured:
ip 192.168.0.15
netmask 255.255.255.0
not using dhcp
The VM ...
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access one guest os from another guest os in virtualbox through Python
Some background
So I am trying to work on a certain open source project. The open source software in question is designed to work on a VMWare workstation and I am trying to contribute to the project ...
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How do I can change setting RAM in VirtualBox?
everyone!
I'm a web developer (PHP) and I working on a laptop (MacBook Air middle 2012, 4 GB RAM). For my projects, I must use Ubuntu 14.04. For its, I use VirtualBox with Vagrant.
I always run my ...
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Why do I run out of disk space when I attempt to update a VirtualBox VM to Windows 10?
I have installed VirtualBox (version 5.22 with latest guest additions) on MacBook Pro (running Yosemite) and have one VM which is running Windows 7.
I want to upgrade this to Windows 10. The Windows ...
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How do I access local web address in a microsoft virtual machine?
I have downloaded a Windows 8.1 VM from Microsoft's dev center to do local testing for IE11.
Host is OSX
Guest is Windows 8.1
Using Virtualbox 5.0.12
Host machine /etc/hosts file:
127.0.0.1 www....
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Windows 95 as guest on VirtualBox Mac OS X Host - Successful installed, but boot fails
I am running VirtualBox (Version 5.0.20 r106931) on a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014; 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7; 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3) with OS X El Capitan (10.11.4).
I already installed Windows ...
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Is there an easy way to convert a Parallels disk to a VirtualBox disk?
The question has been asked before, but there appear to be no current solutions.
I have a current version of Parallels 11, and a current version of VirtualBox 4.3. I have an existing Windows image in ...
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How can I recover my Mac when I leave the focus within a VM?
I have had this happen a few times.
I am using a Windows VM on my Mac, I am working within my Windows Vm (via VirtualBox, fullscreen), leave it for a few hours, come back, and then my Mac is ...
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Can't ping VirtualBox Windows 7 VM from separate OS X machine
I have a VirtualBox VM running Windows 7 on one Macbook, and have tried unsuccessfully to ping the VM's IP from another Macbook. Here is what I've tried so far:
I have turned off the 2 Windows ...
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Any Way to Pass Media Keys Through VirtualBox
I have Linux inside a Virtual Box on a Mac. Whenever I press the "Play/Pause" media key, even if I'm inside the Linux VM, the Mac iTunes app opens. This makes it impossible to use media keys inside ...
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Access a USB device on both host and guest with VirtualBox
I have an OSX host with an OSX guest using VirtualBox and have multiple mobile phone devices attached, shared to the guest. When they are shared to the guest using VirtualBox USB filters I cannot ...
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Change Virtual Machine hardware?
I am running Windows 7 64-bit and running Mac OS X Yosemite inside a virtual machine. However inside that virtual mac I need to run Windows inside a Virtual machine. (I am doing something for a friend ...
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How to share a Mac OsX host folder to a Win Srvr 2008 virtualbox guest so that it can be mapped as a network drive (no Vbox shared folder)
I need to share a Mac OsX (El Capitan) host folder to a Windows Server 2008 virtualbox guest machine so that it can be mapped as a network drive.
**I can't use VirtualBox shared folder ...
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Shared folders not working on VirtualBox with OS X host and windows guest
I am trying to set up folder sharing on my windows guest OS with a OS X host, and somehow its not working.
Here’s my Shared folders in VirtualBox:
However, it does not show up in Windows ...
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VirtualBox will not boot OS X optical drive
Problem:
How to create have a new VirtualBox VM boot the Mac OS X disc image.
I have a Mac Mini running OS X Yosemite (10.10.4) onto which I installed the latest VirtualBox (5.0.0.0.r101573). I ...
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Getting UEFI shell when trying to boot OS X in Virtual Box
I am using the latest test build of Virtual Box (normal versions don't work on El Capitan).
When trying to boot a Virtual Machine with an El Capitan cdr file (created from the command line) I end up ...
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Can virtual box be accessed while mac in sleep?
I have a question regarding virtual box on my iMac, basically i've created a VM and i'm running there windows. I have made it accessible from internet etc etc, so it is ready, but i'm curious => if i ...
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VM: Mac OSX Host, Windows Guest: Use VT-d so that the fast GPU is available for the VM?
Vt-d is enabled in recent MacBook Pros, but I did not find any information on actual gpu sharing.
Is it possible to set up a MacBook Pro with two GPUs (Intel, nVidia or AMD) so that I can use the ...
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How to run OS X inside VirtualBox inside OS X inside VirtualBox [duplicate]
I want to have the following virtualization configuration:
Real Apple Hardware: MacBook Pro 13" (2014)
VirtualBox
OS X 10.10
VirtualBox
OS X 10.10
Why? A real reason, actually....
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Converting VirtualBox VM to Main OS? [duplicate]
I am running Windows 7 on my main machine, however I have installed Mac OS X Mavericks to a VirtualBox VM (on another hard drive) which I am tend to be using a fair bit.
The VM is fully setup and ...
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Mac Users - Bootcamp, VirtualBox, or something else to use Visual Studio and SQL Management Studio?
I'm taking a computer science class that requires students to use Visual Studio and SQL Management Studio for programming assignments. I have been using Macbook Pro, so i'm considering getting either ...
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Virtualbox display issue
I installed Virtualbox on Mac and then installed Ubuntu on Virtualbox as a virtual machine. My Ubuntu display comes as 640 X 480 (4:3) resolution and cannot be changed. My actual screen resolution is ...
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