failed to connect usb device

[vividacorn]

Hi guys i have a mac book air 2019 and got this error:

Failed to attach the USB device SINOWEALTH Wired Gaming Mouse [0109] to the virtual machine windows.

Failed to create a proxy device for the USB device. (Error: VERR_SHARING_VIOLATION).

Result Code:

NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0X80004005)

Component:

ConsoleWrap

Interface:

IConsole {6ac83d89-6ee7-4e33-8ae6-b257b2e81be8}

Sorry; i dont have the log as i had to post this from a different computer; any tips maybe security or smth?? thanks

[mpack]

"SHARING VIOLATION" implies that someone else (the host OS) is already using that USB device. USB devices are not designed for and cannot be shared.

USB Basics and Troubleshooting.

[vividacorn]

How do i tackle that then?

[scottgus1]

I think that in this case, the error is because Apple enforced a new requirement for third party hypervisors like Virtualbox. The devs and Apple are working on it.

The workaround for now is, Virtualbox on Mac hosts must be run via 'sudo' to use USB devices.

I think the command in a terminal window is:

sudo Virtualbox

[rmcghee]

I had the same problem when upgrading to VirtualBox version 7.x.
Read many posts, tried everything. Never got USB working.
So, I downgraded to VirtualBox 6.1 (with 6.1 extension pack).
USB works again!

[klaus]

It's not so simple... VirtualBox 7.0 can deal with USB devices nicely (our application's provisioning profile contains the necessary capability), but this stopped working with macOS Ventura. We contacted Apple, created a feedback (almost a year ago) but no response, even with multiple reminders. All we know is that the same code which worked nicely up to macOS Monterey now simply doesn't work when VirtualBox tries to grab a USB device.