However, ever since the release of VirtualBox 4.2 moving windows in a guest OS is very slow, i.e. The movement of the window is considerably lagging behind the pointer movement up to a degree where it gets unusable. This happens on both, a Gentoo Linux VM with a XFCE4 desktop and on a Windows Vista VM. The problem also occurs no matter which resolution the MacBook's retina display is configured to. However, on the host, the rendered graphics has at most 15FPS, keyboard and mouse events are passed to the guest with HUGE delays (10-15s), and even the VirtualBox host's window slows down to the point that I cannot open up the menu. Yes, the top menu with the Apple symbol lags heavily for the VBox app when 3d graphics is rendered; everything's fine for other apps at the same time. Now you should have a new, primed MacOS machine. But you will need to run some commands now. This can be hit-and-miss, and may require some Google-fu.The following works for my AMD FX computer. VBoxManage modifyvm 'MacOS Mojave' -cpuidset 00006e5 001e3fd bfebfbff VBoxManage modifyvm 'MacOS Mojave' -cpu-profile 'Intel Core i7-6700K' VBoxManage.
My current settings on January 2020.
Virtualbox Disk Slow
The settings I have been using all the time on Virtualbox 5 are all the same EXCEPT ONE.
I learned it the hard way and I want you to save the time with this article.
Virtualbox Slow Mac
Make sure you set the graphics controller to VBoxSVGA
Do not enable 3D acceleration
VMSVGA is what Virtualbox will set as standard.
VMSVGA is VMware’s SVGA II graphics adapter. If not changed you will end up in a very small window.
In the video I will also explain my workflow and the use of a template.
Virtualbox Mac Slow Graphics Download
It lets you make copies or clones so you can go back at any time and restart again.