To convert into a KVM container, use qemu-desktop with the following command line: # rsync -aAXHSv /* /path/to/shared/folder -exclude=Ĭonvert the container to a compatible formatĬhoose the appropriate command depending on the desired virtual machine. If you are on Windows, install Ext2Fsd to be able to mount ext volumes.įrom the virtual machine, open a terminal and transfer the system: (Discuss in Talk:Moving an existing install into (or out of) a virtual machine) Then find the IP Address of your Virtual Machine then visit the shared folder on Windows.Reason: Ext2Fsd 0.66 does not support extended attributes and ACL. After that, you need to enable the file-sharing inside the running macOS guest operating system on mac. For file sharing between the macOS 10.15 Catalina on Windows on VirtualBox, first, configure the Network settings of the VirtualBox.

Doesn’t matter if the tools of VirtualBox cannot work to copy files from Windows Host to the macOS VM because the file-sharing always works.įor file sharing between the macOS 10.15 Catalina on Windows on VirtualBox, first, configure the Network settings of the VirtualBox.

Until the tool was configured for Oracle for Ubuntu, the same goes for Windows too, but yet the VirtualBox default tool can not copy files from host to running macOS on VirtualBox on Windows. I remembered those time with Ubuntu, it does not have any option to copy files from Host to the running OS.

Install macOS 10.15 Catalina VMware on Windows PC Transfer Files Between macOS Catalina and Windows PC on VirtualBoxĬopying and pasting files from windows Host to the running operating system on Virtual Machine has always been a problem.

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