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I already disabled the guest's network and Internet time synchronization. I assume it is synching the 13.3" 2012 MacBook Pro (mac OS Sierra v10.12.6) host's date and time. I couldn't find that GetHostTimeDisabled setting to disable this even after searching for it. Did v6.0.8 remove this option?

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon.

ant wrote:I couldn't find that GetHostTimeDisabled setting to disable this even after searching for it

Where exactly did you search? You actually opened the Help » Contents » opens the PDF version of the User Manual » search for "GetHostTimeDisabled". And you couldn't find it???

ant wrote:Did v6.0.8 remove this option?

No. But in your case it might not matter, because I'm not sure if time-synchronization is part of the (limited functionality) OSX GAs, haven't tested specifically for that. Did you see the time being synced after booting 10.11.6 and manually changing the time?

ant wrote:I assume it is synching the 13.3" 2012 MacBook Pro (mac OS Sierra v10.12.6) host's date and time.

At boot every VM gets the time/date from the "BIOS"/"EFI". So at boot it's getting synced. The above setting prevents syncing afterwards only, not at boot.

Ah, I was looking on the web and told me to edit the .vbox text file. So, I followed PDF's instructions and did

VBoxManage setextradata "Mac OS X v10.11.6 El Capitan" "VBoxInternal/Devices/VMMDev/0/Config/GetHostTimeDisabled" 1

in host's Terminal with VB exited. I tested the guest VM, and it worked including its reboot. Thanks.

I wonder why it got reverted since it was working before (don't remember when). I have been upgrading VB, its guest tools, and saving snapshots for years.

Glad you got it going. Marking as [Resolved].

Thanks as always.