VirtualBox

Opened 4 years ago

#19892 new defect

macOS 10.15.6 Default Machine Folder Path Cannot be Updated

Reported by: lossdev Owned by:
Component: other Version: VirtualBox 6.1.14
Keywords: Cc:
Guest type: all Host type: Mac OS X

Description

I recently changed my username on my macOS host, and noticed this screen when starting VBox:

https://imgur.com/a/anxePYT

I then opened Preferences, and found the "Default Machine Folder" option, then changed the path to my new location, shown here:

https://imgur.com/nOrw2Ey

However, after confirming this multiple times, quitting and opening VirtualBox back up, completely reinstalling, and rebooting, VirtualBox seems to not take the Default Machine Folder into account at all.

As a temporary workaround, I've remade my old home folder under my permissions and copied the VirtualBox VMs folder there. I'm not sure if this is only a macOS issue or not, but for those that don't have the know-how to work around this, it can completely break VBox for them.

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