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Line 696: − + − + − :Mac OSX Version 10.6.8 − *Open System Preferences/Accounts − :use Spotlight: − ::magnifying glass on right end of top bar − :search for "accounts" − :Choose System Preferences| Accounts − *Click on your user − :unlock − :login Options/ − :Login Items (to right) − :Click Add(+) button to the right of the accounts list − :Select an application '''VirtualBox - Application''' and click add. − :lock − *Boot Mac − :Mac opens directly to VirtualBox VirtualBox Manager − :Pointed to VirtualBox Appliance - (the last one used) − :: You can select another on list − :==> Start − * Now when the MacBook is powered on, it will boot up in VirtualBox pointed at the last Virtual Appliance used − :'''There can be multiple VirtualBox appliances, belonging to individual students/teachers to choose from, on the same Mac.''' − :Nice school set up for 1 Mac with multiple student's Sugar. − :'''easy to archive''' with '''export''' function of VirtualBox - save weekly? backups for each of the students. − : To roll back: import the previously exported file - quick and easy − − * [[Improve_Sugar_on_a_Stick#Where_we_need_to_simplify| Where we need to simplify]] We need a simple, elegant, Sugar specific UI that is presented to the user when they insert a stick into a running Windows machine. − *Suggestion-1: − :Download the 2 files for VirtualBox import to a 2nd USB stick − :On insertion; the contents of the USB stick pop up − An example: − f16-live-RC4-Desktop-sugaruser-disk1.vmdk − f16-live-RC4-Desktop-sugaruser.ovf '''<==click on this file and it immediately imports into VirtualBox (less than 2 Minutes)''' − (Only the .ovf file icon is highlighted in the USB stick contents) − *Suggestion-2: − :Export the VirtualBox .vdi hard drive to a 2nd USB and create a new machine that uses the .vdi to run − :/home/(user)/VirtualBox VMs/ (copy all three files to USB-stick) − :Create a new appliance − :use pre-existing hard disk − :Look for .vdi (on USB-stick) − [[File:Trisquel_running_from_Ext_USB-stick.png|200px]] − ;click on image ^ to enlarge − :Use your browser (back) <== arrow to return here − *This is OS agnostic for a system with an installed VirtualBox 4.1 −
→50pxSet up MacBook to Open VirtualBox: move section to sub-page
======[[File:VirtualBox.png|50px]]'''Set up MacBook to Open VirtualBox'''======
======[[File:VirtualBox.png|50px]]'''[[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Autostart_Virtualbox_Mac|Setup Mac to Autostart VirtualBox on startup]]'''======
:: '''..automatically when you power it on'''
:how to set it up
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