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Will a VirtualBox VM created on a Windows host run on a Mac host?
If I create a VM in Virtual Box on a Windows host, including installing a guest OS, will that VM run on a Mac OSX host?
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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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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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VirtualBox returning error when making a VM on MacOS Big Sur
I am trying to make a VM in VirtualBox on my 16 inch Intel MacBook Pro. I go through the setup of making the virtual machine (defining the OS, allocating RAM and Storage, etc.). Once that is all ...
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Shrink MacOS guest (vmdk file)
Is there a simple way to maintain a MacOS VM? I setup a VM with growing disk, which had original just 8GB. How I have a 45GB monster drive with a low real usage. I had to install a 8GB ziped package ...
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(On a mac) - VirtualBox not able to access the .vmdk file for a usb virtual machine
When selecting my virtual disk in virtualbox, the error reads as in the photo.
I have done this successfully while "sudo -b"-ing the executable in the app, but I need the file to be under my user.
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Reach web-application on host OS from within VirtualBox
I'm running an OSX host with an Debian box inside virtual box. How would I be able to reach the guest OS (i.e. web-app on port 3001) from inside my VM?
I tried ifconfig from inside my VM, taking that ...
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Cannot connect to apple id using Virtual Box Mac OS High Sierra
When I try connecting to the app store, itunes, etc. it returns an error that says "Unexpected error occured". That's it, nothing else.
I have a virtual machine running Mac OS High Sierra. I am using ...
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How to Keep running VirualBox guest OS even when Host system logs off?
I am new to Virtual Box. To complete one of the project I choose VirtualBox. I am running Kubuntu 64 bit OS on Virtual Box and Mac OS High Sierra as Host OS.
I am running a Perl Script in guest OS ...
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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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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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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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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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Open native browser from within a virtual machine on Mac
Is there a way to open a browser window from within the vagrant vm? This is what it says:
$ open .
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console
$ open http://localhost:3000
Couldn't get a ...
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