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Change MacOS X guest screen resolution for VirtualBox
I have tried all alternatives and resources that I found on internet to achieve to change screen resolution in my MacOS X guest. I have the latest VirtualBox version (4.1.22) and I have MacOS X 10.6.3 ...
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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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How to access my local server on my VirtualBox virtual machine?
Here's my setup:
I have a local server running on my machine (Mac OS, Snow Leopard). I can access it via my browser by doing
localhost:3000
I have a virtual machine using Virtual Box running a ...
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VMWare vs VirtualBox ...what I should use [closed]
what I should using to work with linux on windows ...
I don't know ! ... but I tried VirtualBox and VmWare what's the differents and which are the feutures
T_Z
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VirtualBox does not start on Mac OS X
Suddenly and without notice, VirtualBox application doesn't start.
First, it just didn't do anything. Not even an error message. I looked in the system log (/var/log/system.log) and I found these two ...
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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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Visual Studio Development on Virtual Box, Boot Camp, or VMWare Fusion
I currently have a Mac, 2ghz and 2 gigs of ram, running OS X Leopard and Virtual Box with a Windows 7 Pro 32bit virtual machine.
Performance on the virtual machine is fine for minor tasks but is very ...
Eli
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Is it possible to use a Vista Boot Camp partition inside Virtual Box on Mac OS X
I've got windows Vista installed inside Virtual Box on my Mac OS partition. I've also got it installed under boot camp and I occasionally boot to it when I want to run windows with better performance ...
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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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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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Can Intel Windows 10 be virtualized on Apple M1 host?
I'm considering getting an Apple M1 computer, but I'm wondering if I'll still be able to run Intel Windows 10 in, say, VM Ware Fusion.
If I get an M1 computer, will a virtualization application only ...
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VirtualBox Bridged Adapter DHCP works, but no network traffic
I'm running VirtualBox on macOS where I host a Windows 10 VM guest.
I've been able to establish comms between the guest and the internet through a NAT connection.
However, I would like the VM to be ...
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How to setup VirtualBox port forwarding on Mac OS X to Ubuntu 16.04?
Everything I've read so far makes port forwarding sound like a snap but I must be missing some magic piece. Here's what I'm doing:
Host OS = Mac OS X
Guest OS = Ubuntu 16.04 Server
Run gunicorn web ...
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VirtualBox: How to connect to Internet via wi-fi on Mac?
I installed VirtualBox with a Win XP VM on my Mac running OS 10.7.5.
My Mac only has a wi-fi connection to the internet. On the settings for the virtual host, I set:
Attached to: Bridged Adapter
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How to allow Nginx in guest VM access shared folders in host os?
My setup
I want to setup a Ubuntu VM to act as a web server for development.
Reason
I want to have a development environment as close to the actual production environment as possible.
Problem
The ...
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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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Can't use macOS Ventura VM with more than one CPU
I recently created a macOS VM (Ventura 13) with VirtualBox (Version 7.0.6 r155176 (Qt5.15.2)). I first launched it with one CPU, and it booted. The downside was that the VM was very slow and ...
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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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Importing VMware drive into VirtualBox drive
I have VMware on my Mac and it crashed. I am unable to access the files used by the VMware. So I downloaded VirtualBox and when I try to add the .vmwarevm file to VirtualBox it says that its unable to ...
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Mac OS X in VirtualBox
I want to buy the MAC OS X operating system from Amazon and wanted to know if it can be install in VirtualBox with Linux as the host machine?
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Issues with internet on Virtual Machine from different houses
The necessary information
OS X Lion (10.7) running a VM of Windows 7. Tried both VirtualBox and Parallels and the problem is 100% the same between them.
Require a VPN connection to work from Windows ...
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VirtualBox's Internet doesn't work no matter what
None of my VirtualBox virtual machine can use the internet. I've tried every possible configuration of networking ad it never works. Occasionally, just out of the blue, without changing anything, the ...
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VirtualBox or else programs to run Mac OS virtually on Windows 7 [closed]
VirtualBox or other programs to run Mac OS virtually on Windows 7?
any idea will help me to enlarge the boundaries surround me nowadays.
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On VirtualBox, how to to access the host CD drive from the virtual machine?
In VirtualBox (6.1) on macOS (10.12), I have Windows XP as a guest OS. I can't find how to access the physical CD drive from the guest OS. I've found on the web that in the storage settings of the ...
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Can't ping Ubuntu VM from OS X
I've looked at many of the similar questions, but none seem to solve my issue. I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 Raring in a VM through VirtualBox and I'm trying to communicate with it from my OS X Mavericks ...
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How to setup TOR as a network interface for VMs on Mac OS Mojave?
I am using VirtualBox and Whonix to create a secure way of letting a VM communicate only through TOR. However, I would like to setup TOR on the host Mac OS as a network interface so it can be selected ...
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Can't install VMware tools (Mac OS 10.7) [closed]
I'm trying to install VMware tools on the Guest OS (OS inside VMware), which is Mac OS 10.7. Windows hosts VMware which hosts Mac OS.
I just eject the disk and press "install VMware tools". ...
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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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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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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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