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VirtualBox for Mac

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  • Latest Version

    VirtualBox 7.1.12 Build 169651 LATEST

  • Review by

    Daniel Leblanc

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X

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  • Author / Product

    Oracle / External Link

  • Filename

    VirtualBox-7.1.12-169651-OSX.dmg

The world’s most popular cross-platform virtualization software enables you to run multiple operating systems on your Mac, PC, Linux, or Oracle Solaris machine. 

Oracle VM VirtualBox for Mac is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 and AMD64/Intel64 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use.

Not only is the tool an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software.

Some of the new features of Oracle VM VirtualBox are:

Paravirtualization support for modern Windows and Linux guests
Oracle VM VirtualBox for macOS is able to expose a paravirtualization interface to facilitate accurate and efficient execution of software. Once the virtual machine platform is defined, the app improves guest OS performances by leveraging built-in virtualization support (KVM on Linux guests and Hyper-V on Windows guests).

xHCI controller to support USB 3.0 devices
Guest operating systems are now able to directly recognize USB 3.0 devices and operate at full 3.0 speeds. Guest can now be configured to use USB 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 devices.

Improved Drag & Drop support
Starting from the app improved the support of a bi-directional drag&drop between guest and host operating system; drag and drop support is available with latest guest-additions installed.

Disk image encryption
The software allows for encrypted virtual disk images by leveraging AES algorithm in XTS mode (128-bit or 256-bit); since the DEK is stored as part of the virtual machine configuration file, encryption introduces a further security feature that will ask for a password while starting the virtual machine.

Headless and Detachable start options
Oracle VM Virtual Box now supports starting virtual machines in the background with a separate front-end process that can be closed while the virtual machine continues to work.

How to Use
  • Install VirtualBox on your Mac
  • Download the desired guest OS ISO file
  • Create a new virtual machine in VirtualBox
  • Assign memory and virtual hard disk size
  • Select and mount the guest OS ISO
  • Start the virtual machine and install OS
  • Install VirtualBox Guest Additions
  • Adjust settings like display, network, etc.
  • Start using your virtual OS environment
System Requirements
  • macOS 12 (Monterey) or later
  • 64-bit Intel or Apple Silicon with Rosetta 2
  • At least 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended)
  • Minimum 10GB free disk space
  • Administrative access to install software
PROS
  • Free and open-source virtualization tool
  • Supports wide range of guest OS
  • Snapshot feature for easy backups
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Active community and regular updates
CONS
  • Lower performance vs native apps
  • Limited 3D graphics support
  • May require manual setup tweaks
  • USB device passthrough can be tricky
  • Interface not as polished as rivals
Also Available: Download VirtualBox for Windows

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What's new in this version:

- VMM: Fixed issue when running a nested VM caused Guru Meditation for outer VM
- NAT: Fixed issue when VMs with long names were unable to start
- Linux host: Fixed possible kernel panic when using bridged networking with a network interface handled by the ixgbe driver on newer kernels
- Windows Host: Fixed issue resulting in BSOD upon closing VirtualBox GUI after host package uninstall
- Windows Host: General improvements in drivers installation
- Windows Host: Implement support for exposing AVX/AVX2 to the guest when Hyper-V is used
- Recording: Fixed issue when Windows Guest Machine was unable to start when recording was enabled in Display Settings (bug #22363)
- Linux Host and Guest: Added additional fixes to support kernel 6.16
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when 'rcvboxadd status-kernel' was reporting incorrect status when guest was running kernel 3.10 series and older
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxClient was unable to start if guest was running kernel 2.6 series and older
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue which caused a warning in system log due to incorrect udev rule

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