Migrate a VM from Windows 7 to Mac

[anonymust]

I Have a few virtual machines on my Windows 7 computer.... (Ubuntu and Windows XP)

I would like to have these machines both copied and running on my Macbook.

U have installed version 3.2.12 of VirtualBox on both my Mac and Windows 7.
Reason i want to copy these virtual machines: i have all the needed programs running on them and customization ( as in appearance/GU of the OS itself)


So do i just copy certain folders/files (files with extentions) from my Win_7 to a certain folder on my macbook?

if so, which folders/files do i copy and where do i put them on my Macbook???

[Sasquatch]

Use the Export and Import feature. If you're worried about activation, note the UUID of the VM and then use the VBoxManage modifyvm sethardwareuuid <noted UUID> to avoid it.

[anonymust]

Use the Export and Import feature. If you're worried about activation, note the UUID of the VM and then use the VBoxManage modifyvm sethardwareuuid <noted UUID> to avoid it.

How do i find the UUID? I cant seen to spot it anywhere :S

I exported the VM (File > Export Appliance...) ...and got two files created with the extensions .ovf and .vmdk

When I do ' File > Import Appliance... ' on my MacBook, i get the following error's (see pictures)





after clicking "ok" on the second warning i was able to click "done" but then i got this error message also

[hank]

Did you have any luck with this?

If not -- you want to find out if using only the menus for export and import will do what you want under OSX.

It may be you do have to use the command line with an OSX host for some things even when there is a menu choice available that looks like it should do what you want.

Good luck.

[Sasquatch]

Well, if the export/import doesn't work, you can always recreate the VM with the exact same settings and just transfer the VDI file to the Mac. In the 'New VM' wizard, you tell it to use an existing Hard Disk, point to the transferred VDI and you're done.
If you have VB 4.0, you can also add existing VB VMs from other hosts. All settings should be applied and those that are system dependent will be changed accordingly (like audio). Use Machine > Add from the main GUI.