High Sierra VirtualBox Problem

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High Sierra VirtualBox Problem

Hi Everyone,

I'm trying to run a VirtualBox virtual machine on High Sierra. The vm runs Windows xp. The setup has worked fine until I updated to High Sierra. Now when I run the vm, as soon as it starts it grabs the USB controller and turns off bluetooth. As I have bluetooth keyboard and mouse all I can do is force a reboot by powering off and on again.

I have the latest version of VirtualBox and have installed the latest extension pack. I have also tried empty usb filter and Apple Inc Bluetooth USB Host Controller. Details below.

Nothing seems to work, any ideas much appreciated,

Cheers,

Dave Dearnley,

iMac, macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Posted on Oct 30, 2017 5:37 PM

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Answer 1

Daved9900 Author

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Oct 30, 2017 5:45 PM in response to BobTheFisherman

Hi Bob, thanks for the quick reply. I made sure I had the latest version of VirtualBox from their website but I confess I have not actually contacted them to see if it works with High Sierra. I guess I was assuming it was an Apple problem. I will check with VirtualBox and post the reply,

Thanks,

Dave. D.

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Daved9900 Author

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Oct 30, 2017 8:00 PM in response to dialabrain

Thanks dialabrain. I didn't post but I read all the stuff on the virtual box forum on usb problems. Then realised that because my mouse was disabled I could not install the windows driver for the Apple Inc Bluetooth controller. Went and found my wife's old corded mouse in the junk box in the garage, et voila! After a bit of clicking the windows driver wizard all was well. The system still says bluetooth is not available but keyboard and mouse work both in the vm and host! When I close the vm bluetooth returns and keyboard and mouse reconnect.

Cheers,

Dave. D.

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dialabrain

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Oct 30, 2017 5:43 PM in response to Daved9900

If you haven't already done so, you should post your question to the VirtualBox forum as well.

virtualbox.org • Index page

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Answer 4

Oct 30, 2017 5:40 PM in response to Daved9900

Did you check if there is an update to VirtualBox that works with High Sierra?

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dialabrain

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Oct 30, 2017 5:52 PM in response to Daved9900

FWIW, VirtualBox has minimal support for macOS hosts. I've been using VB for 8 years. Whenever there's a problem running a guest in VirtualBox, it's never been an Apple issue.

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