Comments on: How to clone / duplicate a VirtualBox VM on Mac OS X

By: Ian Hoar

Ian Hoar — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:24:19 +0000

Hi Gus, this tutorial was written before Virtual box had a clone feature.

By: Gus

Gus — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:21:08 +0000

Nice tutorial, but on latest version you have “Clone…” option on VirtualBox menu… pretty easy, isn’t it?

By: Kristian Hansen

Kristian Hansen — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:42:27 +0000

Thanks so much for the tutorial!

By: yosh

yosh — Tue, 31 May 2011 09:02:37 +0000

Thanks a lot!!!
I REALY didn’t want to install windows again, just for a browser version…

By: Ian Hoar

Ian Hoar — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:18:21 +0000

Hi David,

I have only used the technique above.

By: David J.

David J. — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:46:05 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for this tuto. I have been using it sometime. But now I use the native export/import tools from VBoxManage command line.

Can you advise me if this technique is also a good one?

Thanks in advance

By: martin

martin — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:29:26 +0000

thanks helps a lot
but if you dont want so edit the xml files after you generates the copies
it is easier so add in vb a new maschiene and use the vdi file as harddisk
all thinks will be done auto

By: Joe Krahn

Joe Krahn — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:06:57 +0000

My guess is that VirtualBox does not implement a “clone VM” tool because they want to avoid implications of supporting unlicensed duplication of OS software.

By: bruzed

bruzed — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:50:27 +0000

thanks for the tutorial, you rock!

By: Sprogz

Sprogz — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:19:10 +0000

Great tutorial, thanks.

It does make you wonder why on Earth VirtualBox doesn’t have a nifty “Clone VM” menu option in the GUI that does all this for you?

I wonder what the reason is that’s preventing them from implementing this, because it’s clearly not technically difficult for them to do?