How to install Guest addition in Mac OS as guest and Windows machine as host

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I am trying to copy contents from my host machine to a guest machine  but for copying I need to install the Guest additions disk   Or there is there another way to access host machine content on the guest machine or vice-versa

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Guest Additions are available for MacOS starting with VirtualBox 6.0.

Installing:

Boot & login into your guest macOS.
In VirtualBox UI, use menu Devices | Insert Guest Additions CD image...
CD will appear on your macOS desktop, open it.
Run VBoxDarwinAdditions.pkg.
Go through installer, it's mostly about clicking Next.
At some step, macOS will be asking about permissions for Oracle. Click the button to go to System Preferences and allow it.
If you forgot/misclicked in step 6, go to macOS System Preferences | Security & Privacy | General. In the bottom, there will be a question to allow permissions for Oracle. Allow it.

Troubleshooting

macOS 10.15 introduced new code signing requirements; Guest additions installation will fail. However, if you reboot and apply step 7 from list above, shared clipboard will still work.
VirtualBox < 6.0.12 has a bug where Guest Additions service doesn't start. Use newer VirtualBox.

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Before you start  close VirtualBox  After those manipulations start VB as Administrator    Run CMD as Administrator Use lines below one by one    cd  quot C  Program Files Oracle Virtualbox quot  VBoxManage setextradata    macOS Catalina    VBoxInternal2 EfiGraphicsResolution 1920x1080  Screen Resolutions  1280x720  1920x1080  2048x1080  2560x1440  3840x2160  1280x800  1280x1024  1440x900  1600x900 Description   macOS Catalina - insert your VB machine name   1920x1080 - put here your Screen Resolution    Cheers

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Guest additions are not available for Mac OS X  You can get features like clipboard sync and shared folders by using VNC and SMB  Here s my answer on a similar question

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You need to update your virtualbox sw  On new version  there is VBoxDarwinAdditions pkg included in a additions iso image  in older versions is missing

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In the guest Mac  open the Terminal and go for a reboot on the Recovery partition  sudo nvram  quot recovery-boot-mode unused quot  sudo reboot   Now you re in Recovery mode  enter the Terminal and do   csrutil disable spctl kext-consent add VB5E2TV963 nvram -d recovery-boot-mode reboot   Back in  quot normal quot  mode  open the Terminal  and do   sudo mount -uw   sudo chown  admin  System Library Extensions  sudo chmod 775  System Library Extensions    Run the Guest Additions installer and go through the end  in principle  it goes through successfully   Now in the terminal  do    sudo chown  wheel  System Library Extensions  sudo chmod 755  System Library Extensions  sudo nvram  quot recovery-boot-mode unused quot  sudo reboot   Again in Recovery mode  go into the Terminal and do   csrutil enable nvram -d recovery-boot-mode reboot  You should be set

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Have you tried https   www virtualbox org manual ch04 html which has step-by-step instructions to help you    Make your VM bi-directional for Clipboard and Drag  amp  Drop Share folders from your host to the guest VM too

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I ve the same problem  and by the  trial and error  method I have the steps to install the guest additions on a MacOS guest    insert the guest additions cd open the cd on file manager double click on VBoxDarwinAdditions pkg the installer opens  then click contine next screen to set location of installed files  only press install your password can be asked a couple of time while installing  write it and continue this is the tricky part  on my installation  macos show an message about the driver created by oracle won t be installed because a security issue  it has the option to enable it  so click on the button to open security screen and click on the allow button next to the oracle software listed at bottom of the security settings window  it will ask your password again  Meanwhile the pkg installer continued as if it has permissions and will say  install finished   but I don t believe it so  once I unlocked the oracle drivers installations I repeat the whole process from step 3  and in the second round all installs without asking more than the first password to install    And it is done

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You can use SSH and SFTP as suggested here    In the Guest OS  Mac OS X   open System Preferences   Sharing  then activate Remote Login  note the ip address specified in the Remote Login instructions  e g  ssh user 10 0 2 15 In VirtualBox  open Devices   Network   Network Settings   Advanced   Port Forwarding and specify Host IP   127 0 0 1  Host Port 2222  Guest IP 10 0 2 15  Guest Port 22 On the Host OS  run the following command sftp -P 2222 user 127 0 0 1  if you prefer a graphical interface  you can use FileZilla   Replace user and 10 0 2 15 with the appropriate values relevant to your configuration

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