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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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VirtualBox will not boot OS X optical drive
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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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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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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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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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My VirtualBox Ubuntu crashed. How can I access its files from my Mac?
I have Ubuntu installed in my Mac using VirtualBox. A few minutes ago it crashed, so I have no access to Ubuntu now, but I need a file in it!
Is there any way I can access my Ubuntu files from my ...
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Connect VirtualBox VM running Ubuntu to VPN
I would like to connect my VirtualBox VM running Ubuntu 10.04.4 to a VPN or share the host's VPN connection. The VM is connected to the internet and issued an IP from my wireless router but it is not ...
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Can I clone an existing OS X install into a virtual machine on a Windows 7 PC?
So I have a Macbook Pro running OS X Mavericks. I just built a Windows 7 PC.
Is there anyway I can effectively 'clone' my OS X machine and put it into a VM that I can run on my Windows 7 PC?
That ...
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Can I make a regular Windows 7 installation into a VirtualBox VM?
On my mac I am running Windows 7 in bootcamp. It works really well, but I would be interested in running Windows as a VM instead in virtualbox. I could of course just re-install, but it would be ...
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What does the "name" of a Virtualbox Bridged adapter mean and what is its effect on the connection?
I have installed a VM under OS/x that already had some engtries for Bridged Adapater (as shown in screenshot). These entries were inherited from the creator of the VM.
Should I change them/ remove ...
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