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VirtualBox for Mac

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  • Latest Version

    VirtualBox 7.2.6 Build 172322 LATEST

  • Review by

    Daniel Leblanc

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X

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  • Author / Product

    Oracle / External Link

  • Filename

    VirtualBox-7.2.6-172322-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:

The following items were fixed or added:
- VMM: Fixed issue when VM process was crashing during RHEL5 guest boot
- VMM: Fixed issue when VMX nested-guest VM-entry was checking the wrong VM-execution control bit in the virtual VMCS
- VMM: Fixed issue when VM was crashing on start after recent Windows update
- VMM: Fixed issue when guest process was crashing inside Windows guest on AMD system
- VMM: Fixed issue when VM process was crashing on Windows host
- VMM: Fixed Guru Meditation issue on VM start on Windows host
- VMM: Fixed issue when VM was failing to shut down on Windows 11 ARM host
- VMM: Fixed issue when booting Red Hat 6.1 i386 was failing on AMD Zen4 Windows 11 Pro host
- GUI: Added fixes for full-screen support in multi-monitor case
- GUI: Fixed issue when downloading update files was failing
- GUI: Fixed issue when list of VMs was not properly displayed in Resource Manager tab
- GUI: Fixed issue when with switching between light/dark modes on macOS host
- GUI: Fixed issue when storage controller type list was displayed incorrectly
- DevACPI: Fixed issue with file path key names for Dsdt/Ssdt
- DevACPI: Added change to make OemTabId configurable using AcpiOemTabId option
- NAT: Fixed issue with high CPU usage when VM was using NAT
- RDP: The VRDP server was moved to the open source base package
- SmartCard: The USB smartcard emulation was moved to the open source base package
- VM encryption: The disk and VM encryption feature was moved to the open source base package
- VBoxManage: Fixed issue when VBoxManage was not displaying interface name for FreeBSD guests
- VBoxManage: Fixed issue when VM could not be started from command line in some circumstances
- Main: Improved filename check for drag-and-drop operations
- Linux Host: Fixed issue when vboxautostart-service did not start corresponding VMs on system boot
- Linux Host: Fixed issue when VM was not able to start if host was running realtime kernel configuration
- Guest Additions: Fixed installation on Windows XP 64-bit guests
- Guest Additions: Fixed issue when guest process was crashing due to low memory in the system
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed build issue for kernels 2.5.52 and older
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when VBoxService was not started due to abandoned pid file
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when user session services were not started on old Linux distributions
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed check if kernel modules were loaded for old Linux distributions
- Linux Guest Additions: Fixed issue when Guest Additions processes were left running on system reboot or shutdown
- Linux Guest Additions: Added additional fixes for RHEL 9.8, 10.1 and 10.2 kernels
- Linux Guest Additions: Added initial support for kernel 6.19
- Windows Guest Additions: Fixed installation on WinXP 64-bit
- BIOS: Fixed issue with booting VM using IPXE

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