usb only appears in guest

[hotzeleo]

Hi,

Host: OS X 10.6.4

Guest: Win 7x64

I finally got USB working for guest, but I cannot get it to work on the host.

Can anyone help?

Thank you.

[Sasquatch]

Is the Guest running when you plug in the device? Then it might have an empty filter and thus grabs every device you connect when it's running.

[hotzeleo]

Thanks, the guest was running when I plugged in.

My follow-up question then is

Can I have the host to read the USB after I started VBox?

(I am assuming the USB plugged in prior to the start of the guest is still control by the host and not the guest).

Thanks

[Sasquatch]

USB devices plugged in before the VM loads will stay on the Host. To give a device back to the Host after the Guest has grabbed it, is simply releasing it from the VM menu. Devices > USB and click on the device that's captured. If it's a mass storage device, be sure to safely remove it on the Guest first to prevent data corruption.