While preparing to install macOS Catalina on VirtualBox, you may face that mouse and keyboard are stuck and not working. Therefore, this issue is one of the most common issues in VirtualBox and VMware during the installation of macOS Catalina. If you remembered that this issue was facing on the older version of macOS on VirtualBox, and now we are facing on the latest version of macOS on VirtualBox. This issue can fix easily on every version of macOS operating system on VirtualBox and VMware. However, in this article, I will guide you How to Fix mouse & keyboard stuck on macOS Catalina.
Beside VirtualBox and VMware the company product builds simple extension pack for VirtualBox, they developed VirtualBox Extension Pack and for VMware, VMware tools. In addition, while installing macOS Catalina on VirtualBox new version you will see that Mouse & Keyboard is not working. Therefore, don’t worry you are contacting the right place which we are trying to find the easiest way. And in here step by step I will guide to Fix mouse & Keyboard stuck on macOS Catalina on VirtualBox.
Fix Mouse & Keyboard Stuck on macOS Catalina on VirtualBox
Before going to start the installation guide of VirtualBox Extension Pack on VirtualBox. There is some hint about the installation guideline that you should know that.
- Install VirtualBox Extension Pack
- Change the Virtual Machine operating system Version
- Enable the USB 3.0 Controller
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Install VirtualBox Extension Pack
Step #1. Navigate to your browser and type VirtualBox.org then download the newer version of VirtualBox Extension Pack.
Step #2. Now open VirtualBox and click on Preferences, while the preferences window opened then click on Extensions. And now click on Add button for adding VirtualBox Extension Pack.
Tools Preferences
Step #3. When you clicked on Add button now go to the download folder and choose Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack which you have downloaded, then click on Open button.
Open VirtualBox Extension Pack
Step #4. After that, you click on Open automatically the installation window will open click on Install.
Install
Step #5. Scroll down and read about the Extension Pack rules and Agree.
Agree to terms and license
Step #6. Wait for the installation of VirtualBox Extension Pack to complete.
installing VirtualBox Extension Pack
Change the VM operating System Version, and Enable the USB 3.0 Controller
While you successfully installed the VirtualBox Extension Pack. Therefore, again you are facing the same issue on macOS Catalina because you need to do some more setting for macOS Catalina on VirtualBox. Firstly for performing more setting open VirtualBox and select the created macOS Catalina Virtual machine, then click on “Setting”. After all, select General for left-handed tab in the Basic menu choose the recommend Version. Now select USB from tab and Enable USB Controller then select the third option USB 3.0 (xHCI) Controller.
Note: Most of the macOS Catalina operating users which they are installing on VirtualBox. They are adding extra USB after that, their problem is solving by adding new USB. But which I have installed there is no need of adding new USB just by Enabling the USB 3.0 Controller the issue is solved.
Change the VM operating system version, Enable USB 3.0 Controller
Bottom Line
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Jared
thank you! works like a charm
preethi
tried all of these, but still does not work