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Yesterday i installed the IE vm's as i'm a web dev and need to test in IE I followed this tutorial http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/04/internet-explorer-for-mac-ie7-ie8-ie-9-free/ However, the scripts D/L and install to ~/.ievms and they take up about 50GB on my Macbook Air which has limited capacity. Co...

Update (This perhaps only applies to USB drivers) It seems that OS X tries to occupy the drive if you have the drive in the list of CD/DVD storage options under the VB settings, even with passthrough checked. If you remove the device from this list and make sure the device has a USB filter enabled i...

Hi All, I'm running virtualbox on OS X Lion, with XP loaded. I have 2 USB devices connected, a Sony HD Cam and a USB DVD Writer. The writer is recognised by XP and i can browse and read disks, i just cannot write to them even with basic programs like CDBurnerXP Any idea why the drive may not be writ...

Thanks for the info

Just what i needed and no i wouldn't use a USB dvd writer either but in this case i don't have a choice

Got my XP virtualbox set up on mac os x lion, very pleased it's worked on an external USB HDD so i dont taint the mac with that rubbish. Unfortunately i need XP to run some Sony HD Cam software, so i need a DVD writer too. My Mac Air doesn't have one so i'm about to buy this : http://www.amazon.co.u...