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HOW TO ENABLE VIRTUAL BOX COPY/PASTE CLIPBOARD BETWEEN MAC OS HOST AND GUEST OS


To allow the Copy and Paste between host and guest OS and also to have a seemless mouse integration (avoiding mouse capture), you need to install Guest Additions packages into your Guest OS (Linux, Windows, Solaris).


1. Copy the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso file onto your installation or temporary folder.


At the finder, select Applications -> [option] [VirtualBox] or, right click -> Show package contents

At the Finder, Navigate to: /Applications/VirtualBox/Contents/MacOS/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso


copy this file onto another folder.


2. Set Guest OS with Shared Clipboard and Drag-n-Drop as Bi-directional between Host and Guest OS


At Virtual Box Main Window, Settings -> General -> Advanced tab -> Shared Clipboard -> Bi-directional, Drag-n-Drop -> Bi-directional

3. Launch VirtualBox application in MacOS and start your Guest OS.


4. Mount the iso file onto the CD ROM of your guest OS.


At the VirtualBox VM Menu:

Devices -> Optical Drives -> Choose Disk Image -> /yourfolder/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso -> Insert Guest Additions CD Image


5. Install Guest Additions

FOR LINUX

At the terminal, login as root.

Locate the mount for CD-ROM and run the installer VBoxLinuxAdditions.run


cd /media/vboxadditions_5.1.28

./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

FOR WINDOWS

Refer to Virtual Box Manual for more details.

Basically, similar procedures are done on Windows. Once the virtual CD-ROM is mounted in Windows, an autorun window will prompt you to run the installer.