Thankfully, major macOS virtual machine programs have already been updated to work with the latest Macs, and now VirtualBox is part of that list. When the first Apple Silicon Macs were announced in 2020, running virtual machines on them wasn’t exactly an easy task – especially when it came to Windows virtual machines. This week, Oracle released VirtualBox 7.0, which not only brings multiple new features and enhancements but also adds beta support for Apple Silicon Macs for the first time.

Vboxmanage startvm 'VM Name' scottgus1 Site Moderator Posts: 18366 Joined: 30.VirtualBox is a popular free software program owned by Oracle that lets users run virtual machines on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Then restart the VM if desired by running: If any disk files are outside the folder, have commands to copy them too. Use the host OS Script commands to copy the VM folder. Once that text is found, the VM is ready for copying. State: powered off (yes there's that many spaces in the text) If the OS in the VM is configured to automatically shut down when its 'power button' is pushed, then the VM will shut down nicely.Īfter sending 'acpipowerbutton' the script then goes into a loop, reading the output of:

Vboxmanage controlvm 'VM Name' acpipowerbutton vbox file.Ī script can cause a VM shutdown by running: The copy can be used on a different host PC too, just by registering the VM's. If the original is lost, move a copy of the backup back to the original location and the VM will be ready again.

You can FC file-compare the backup to confirm the copy. A full copy of the completely-shut-down (not save-stated) VM folder with all files therein, as well as the VM's disk files if they are not in the VM's folder, serves as a complete backup of the VM.

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