After download is complete enter your sudo password.Note (2): You MUST install the VirtualBox Extension Pack On The SAME VERSION of your currently installed VirtualBox. The VirtualBox Extension Pack includes USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 support, as well as intel cards for VirtualBox RDP and PXE boot. Note (1): By default, VirtualBox only supports. So, if you’ve ever wondered how to access USB on VirtualBox Ubuntu, we’ll show you exactly how to open a USB on Ubuntu VirtualBox below. If you’re a Linux user, then your VirtualBox USB support set-up will be a bit different. VirtualBox USB Linux Support | Understanding VirtualBox Linux USB Functionality However, if you close the virtual machine and reinsert the USB device, it will appear as normal on your Mac OS X. Note: when you look in the Mac OS X “Finder”, you won’t see the USB device anymore. (If this is your first time selecting “USB 2.0”, you’ll most likely see the screen shown above, so don’t be alarmed.)įrom here, you can freely connect your USB device to your Mac, and it will behave as if physically plugged into a Windows computer. Safely eject & remove the USB device from your computer.Go ahead and ignore that because USB 3.0 does not currently work on Windows 7 VMs. In the above screenshot, you can see that the USB controller was moved to USB 3.0. It should now be listed under “USB Device Filter”

For this example, we’re selecting “SanDisk Cruzer Blaze”

Click the green “plus” icon and see a list of USB devices eligible for passthrough.

If the VM is closed when the USB is plugged in, it will function on the normal Mac OS X. Once established, as long as the Windows VM is running, the USB device will function on Windows VM whenever the USB device is plugged in.

Quick Explanation : we’re now specifying the selected USB device to pass through to Windows VM(Virtual Machine) on this screen.

Physically connect the USB device you want to bypass Mac OS X.Note: choose the USB 2.0, as it is much faster than using the USB 1.1 option. It will appear by default as “Serial”- click the “USB” option.Select “Ports” (3rd option in the top-right icon menu).

Open VirtualBox and ensure Windows VM isn’t running.

VirtualBox Mac USB devices can “pass through” a Mac operating system and- instead- function on the virtual machine running Windows OS.įollow the steps below to bypass Mac OS X and access a USB plugged into a USB port in your WINDOWS “Virtual Machine”. This section is for Mac users who are using a VirtualBox machine to run Windows. VirtualBox USB Support Mac | Understanding VirtualBox Mac USB Functionality

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