I need help with file sharing

[geeker]

Host:
iMac 2017 16GB RAM 2.3GHZ INTEL Core i5 1TB Hard drive MacOS 10.14 Mojave
Guest:
2048MB RAM 1 CPU 256 GB vdi OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

The guest boots and appears to work normally. My problem is I want a way to share files between the host and the guest. I read somewhere that Guest Additions is not available for OS X, and yet I can insert and mount the Guest Additions CD image. When I double click on the pkg icon I get a warning that it will only work with 10.7 or later. Can someone please help me figure this out?

[socratis]

I read somewhere that Guest Additions is not available for OS X

That was before 6.0.0.

When I double click on the pkg icon I get a warning that it will only work with 10.7 or later

True.

I want a way to share files between the host and the guest

Do it the way that you would with two OSX computers sitting side-by-side; enable file sharing in the guest (primarily) in the OSX System Preferences » Sharing.

Moving to "OSX Guests" from "OSX Hosts".

[geeker]

I've tried file sharing and it hasn't worked. I even made sure to enable the Guest Account and checked the Allow guests to connect to shared folders box. Is there some setting I need to do with the host?

[mpack]

Please provide a VM log file. With the VM fully shut down, right click it in the GUI. Select "Show Log" and save "VBox.log" (no other file) to a zip file. Attach the zip here.

[socratis]

If you're looking for the VirtualBox Shared Folders, you should stop looking; they're not there for OSX guest. As I told you this is clearly an OSX-to-OSX sharing. It has worked for ever.

The only trick is to have some sort of connectivity between the two "computers"; either add a HostOnly or a Bridged NIC to your guest besides the default NAT and make sure that "File Sharing" is enabled in both host's and guest's OSX System Preferences.

[geeker]

I've tried the network sharing (there are detailed instructions on the web), but it hasn't worked for me. I used the back-up method. moving files with a USB flash drive. Just make a USB filter for the flash drive so the guest can mount it. Wallah (to use the hick spelling). Kind of clumsy, but it works.

[socratis]

I've tried the network sharing (there are detailed instructions on the web), but it hasn't worked for me

This is not a VirtualBox question, so I'm going to give you some brief instructions, but I don't want it to continue here, there are more dedicated forums for that.

• For both the host and the guest, go to OSX System Preferences » Sharing » File Sharing = Checked. Select File Sharing » Options » Share files and folders using AFP = Checked.
• VM Settings » Network » no matter how many NICs you have, you have to dedicate one to the HostOnly option (just to be sure). Make sure there's a NIC with the HostOnly option enabled.

That's it. You should be able to see the OSX VM on your host's Finder and vice-versa.