Keyboard and the host key are not working

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pandavova
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Keyboard and the host key are not working

Post by pandavova »

My Keyboard is only working if i add it as a USB device. But when i do this, the keyboard is not working outside the VM. How can i fix this?

(Using Win 10 Pro + VirtualBox 5.1.26 r117224, the (Guest?) System is mac OS Sierra)

Hope that someone can help ^^
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mpack
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Re: Keyboard and the host key are not working

Post by mpack »

For the benefit of others, you should never, ever, assign exclusive ownership of a host USB device to the guest if you want the host to continue using it. USB devices are owned, not shared. If the guest owns the device then naturally the host can't use it.

As to your problem of the host keyboard not being available otherwise, I'm not going to address that given: FAQ: Mac OS X Guest on a Windows Host.
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