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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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 [email protected]
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 [email protected]; 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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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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Guest Additions are available for MacOS starting with VirtualBox 6 0   Installing    Boot  amp  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  amp  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  lt  6 0 12 has a bug where Guest Additions service doesn t start  Use newer VirtualBox

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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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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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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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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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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

[virtual-machine] How to install Guest addition in Mac OS as guest and Windows machine as host

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