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I'm happily using VirtualBox on a MacBook Pro with Retina display. However, ever since the release of VirtualBox 4.2 moving windows in a guest OS is very slow, i.e. The movement of the window is considerably lagging behind the pointer movement up to a degree where it gets unusable. This is an Ubuntu Linux 9.0.4 guest in Virtualbox 3.0.2 r49928 on a Vista SP1 host, a Presario C751 notebook. Following initial installation of the guest, sound playback works well. Only after shutting down the VM completely and then restarting will sound playback slow down with a commensurate lowering of pitch as though the clock is running slow.

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  • I have 8 GB ram on my mac. On virtual box I have a 2gb Ubuntu and 1780 MB linux kali. Now i need to install windows xp for school(8086 assembly or sth). I am worried if I am using too much ram.
  • In fact, the problem is not that the Ubuntu guest system is slow, the problem is that the Ubuntu guest system became slow after the Additions install. Menu display is really slow, selection is really hard, I have to wait 1/2 seconde on terminal after each keypress to see it displayed. While it was not.
  • Installing Ubuntu 18.04 On Mac OS with VirtualBox This is a very basic walkthrough tutorial on how to install Ubuntu 18.04, or different Linux Distributions, on your Mac OS using Virtual Box. It’s very important to note that at the time of writing this, it is July 2019 and these steps might differ as different versions of VirtualBox.

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Step 1： Download the Sierra installer from Mac App Store.

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This should be done in you Mac and the installer will be placed in /Application/ folder.

Step 2: Prepare Sierra iso

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Use geerlingguy’s script to prepare a sierra iso file.

Step3: Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu

You should have your VirtualBox and the Extension Pack installed, or use my ansible role

Step 4: Open VirtualBox and create a new VM.

Settings:

  • name: your_sierra_vm_name
  • type: Osx
  • version: Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan (64-bit)
  • Other

Step5: Configure VM for MacOS (Very important!)

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Run following commands and replace “Sierra” with ‘your_sierra_vm_name’.

Step 6: Install Sierra

Insert sierra.iso to the sierra VM’s optical driver, and follow the instruction to install Sierra.

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Note: In the installer, Go to Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the VirtualBox disk and choose Erase to format it as a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) drive.

Step 7: Remove sierra.iso and restart VM.

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Reference

See also: Post office manual volume 1.