Moving a VM from a Windows Machine to a MAC

[alewgro]

Hello Everyone,

I currently have a VM that is on my Windows box with my Windows version of VirtualBox. I want to send my friend who is using a MAC this VM, how can I achieve this, if possible at all?

Thank You,
Adam

[mpack]

Export/Import probably has the best chance of working.

[alewgro]

Export/Import probably has the best chance of working.

Ahhh i was afraid you might say that... it just took 24 hours to send them the VM folder with the vbox and vdi files in it along with the snapshot. I assume this isn't going to work

[mpack]

It has a chance, especially if sendee is confident about making minor fixes to xml files (the .vbox). Wait and see. But any embedded paths and device names will be garbage as far as OS X is concerned.

[Perryg]

Keep in mind that if this is a Windows guest the change will trigger a re-activation of the OS. Legal issues will apply.

[alewgro]

It has a chance, especially if sendee is confident about making minor fixes to xml files (the .vbox). Wait and see. But any embedded paths and device names will be garbage as far as OS X is concerned.

what are those?

[mpack]

"Those" are anything you refer to in the VM recipe, e.g. ISO file paths, network cards bridged to etc. Usually trivially fixable.