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Using OSX Yosemite and VirtualBox v4.3.28 I'm trying to install guest additions. In all online sources it says go to Devices -> Install Guest Additions but in this version I guess there is no Devices menu. In all the screenshots on the help it shows Devices next to Window and that is just not present on my VB (See screenshot). I've checked in other menus and VB preferences but I don't see anything related to guest additions or devices anywhere.

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You'll only get that menu once you start the Virtual Machine, which launches in a separate application in the Dock. That Virtual Machine application has a devices menu, or you can right click on the CD icon in the status bar.

unknowndomain
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    Check. Thanks. I was trying to get everything setup before I launched the VM. – o_O Jul 13 '15 at 00:10
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I'll leave this info here if someone has the same problem as me:

To reveal the Devices menu in the guest machine:

  1. Go to the Virtual Box manager and select the machine you are having problems with.
  2. Click on Settings > User Interface then make sure the "Devices" button is selected.

Doing this revealed the Devices menu in my guest box.

Allan
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Cedric
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  • Wow. Some update to VBOX must have unselected those options. Very confusing. Why on earth would someone want to unselect those options? Thankyou for solving this! – Michael Bylstra Aug 06 '16 at 03:07
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I faced the same issue with MAC host and ubuntu guest. Finally, I found this,

  1. Go to preferences.

  2. Select "input"->"Virtual Machine" Add shortcut key to "Menu Bar Settings" (I added HOST key + M) enter image description here

3.Click "OK" and go to running virtual machine and press the key combination for Menu Bar Settings. Then you can see menu on top of the screen enter image description here

Isanka Wijerathne
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  • I'm guessing this was copied from somewhere? (based on the fact "0 down vote" is what appears if you start selecting at the 0 vote indicator instead of the top of an answer) Would you care to credit your source? – tubedogg Sep 28 '16 at 19:08
  • @tubedogg, Thanks for the comment. I have published this another forum and copied from there. Sorry for that. I removed "0 down vote". – Isanka Wijerathne Sep 29 '16 at 06:39