Unlike other applications to manage virtual machines, such as VMware, where it is necessary to have a paid version to be able to enjoy a perfect integration between the host and virtual operating systems, with VirtualBox it is not necessary. The set of drivers and applications that are part of Guest Additions are located in the VirtualBox installation directory and, depending on the operating system, we must perform some steps or others, steps that we will show you later. Guest Additions is a set of device drivers and system applications that are responsible for optimizing the operating system to offer the best possible performance and usability. Time zone synchronization, thus solving one of the common problems when creating virtual machines.Custom video drivers to take advantage of the resolution offered by the host machine and, incidentally, an accelerated performance system.Shared clipboard, allowing users to copy and paste text and files between the virtual machine and the host operating system.Full support for mouse use in the guest operating system.

Shared folders, which allows the user to exchange files between the host and guest operating systems as a common storage unit.

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