VirtualBox for Mac
Virtual machines tool.
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VirtualBox overview
VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualization software for ARM and x86_64 hardware.
VirtualBox enables users to run multiple operating systems concurrently on a single physical computer by creating and managing virtual machines. It lets you allocate dedicated hardware resources—like CPU cores, memory, storage, and network interfaces—to each virtual machine, effectively mimicking an independent computer system within your host operating system.
VirtualBox can be used for software development, testing, running legacy applications, and experimenting with different OS configurations without risking the stability of the primary system.
What’s new in version 7.1.8
- VMM: Fixed issue when VM clock went backwards in rare circumstances (bug #22334)
- GUI: Fixed issue when accelerated cursor image was not displayed correctly (bug #22096)
- DevVirtioSCSI: Fixed issue with restoring saved state
- Graphics: Fixed issue when assertion was triggered on restoring VM state if VMSVGA graphics adapter was used without 3D acceleration (bug #21955)
- Main: Fixed issue when VBoxSVC was crashing on saving machine config through VirtualBox web service (bug #22259)
- Main: Fixed issue when wireless network adapters could not be discovered on modern Linux distributions (bug #22362)
- Main: Fixed issue when deleting running VM snapshot was leaving the .sav file on disk (bug #21345)
- NAT: Fixed connectivity loss on Windows host (bug #22364)
- VBoxManage: Updated User Manual to correct the 'VBoxManage modifyvm' invocation for configuring a VM to use host-only networking (bug #22158)
- VBoxManage: Fixed issue when it was not possible to set disk bandwidth with 'VBoxManage bandwidthctl' command (bug #22328)
- Windows installer: Automatically load the support driver after a successful installation (bug #22292)
- Linux Host Installer: Fixed issue which sometimes resulted in installation failure due to incorrect check whether previous VirtualBox installation is running or not
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxClient could crash in XWayland guest (bug #22345)
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue which resulted in cursor image corruption when VM was using VBoxVGA graphics adapter
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when installation could fail on the system which does not have X11 libraries installed
- Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.14
- Linux Guest Additions: Introduced initial support for RHEL 9.7 kernel
- Linux Guest Additions: Introduced additional fixes for RHEL 9.4 kernel, (bug #22277)
- Linux Guest Additions: Improved 'rcvboxadd status-kernel' check
- Windows installer: Various bugfixes for the new installation code
- Windows installer: Implemented a new fatal error dialog with the ability to open the installer log file directly
- Windows Guest Additions: Fixed mouse driver installation on Vista guests
- Windows Guest Additions: Fixed uninstallation integrity issues (bug #22290)
- Windows Guest Additions: Fixed driver installation error ERROR_AUTHENTICODE_TRUST_NOT_ESTABLISHED (bug #22300)
- Windows Guest Additions: Fixed 100% CPU usage of VBoxTray which happened under certain circumstances (bug #22123)
- Windows Guest Additions: Now also ships the VBoxAudioTest binary for performing guest audio testing / diagnosis
- Windows Guest Additions: For older Windows versions (Windows 2000 to Windows 7) install alternative Shared Folder driver which avoids some compatibility glitches of the usual driver
VirtualBox for Mac
Free
In English
Version 7.1.8
What users say about VirtualBox
Value: 2.0
Only suitbale for testing. I do a few linux OS testings once in a while. But over all it's just Oracle quality: low and not worth a penny. It was such a good software before Oracle took it over.
Other user ratings:
Ease of use | 2.0
Features | 3.0
Reliability | 1.0
Customer support | 1.0
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Apr 5 2023
Version: 7.0.6
There is now a Silicon beta. https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/7.0.6/VirtualBox-7.0.6_BETA4-155176-macOSArm64.dmg
Nov 24 2021
Version: 6.1.30
6.1.28 and 6.1.30 stopped working with Vagrant for different reasons on my 10.13.6 systems. I'm wondering if Oracle stopped running regression tests against this version of MacOS. I'm stuck with 6.1.26 to run my Vagrant boxes and testing.
Apr 30 2021
Version: 6.1.22
MU> v6.1.22 still works perfectly in macOS 10.11 and I can't see any different requirement on their website. Instead, I see a neat improvement in speed since 6.1.20. I'm using it exclusively with Android-x86 guest, so of course it's a lot slower than a real Android, but it's definitely usable. Last year I've tried it with MacOS guests and it was absolutely pitiful compared to VMware Fusion.
