I am trying to boot up a saved am using Macbook pro with M1 chip.
I tried the steps given at this answer. But was not able to boot up the VM. Can someone confirm this problem or already found out a solution to it?
I got the error "The virtual machine 'Ubuntu 20.04 64bit 1' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1)." below:
Had the same issue on Mac OS Big Sur 11.4 when I was trying to add my Ubuntu instance (on Intel tho), nothing suggested here and other topics helped. Turned out you have to give access (Full Disc Access) to Virtual Box in Settings. Go to Settings -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Full Disc Access -> plus sign (unlock it if needed) -> choose Virtual Box Application -> Open. After that I was able to choose my Ubuntu image in Finder.
<New user, reputation too low to comment on David's post!>
As per David Leitko's answer, VirtualBox is an x86 (more specifically, AMD64/x86_64) virtualization hypervisor. However, it appears from various discussions I've seen on this topic that many users don't really understand what this really means.
So, it means not only that VirtualBox only runs on x86 CPUs, but also that it requires all the other elements of the x86 platform. These include system memory, various bus controllers (PCI, USB), hard disk controllers, sound cards, graphics, BIOS/UEFI, etc. None of these take the same form on the Apple Silicon platform - i.e. they don't use any of the standards built up in the PC ecosystem over the last 40 years.
So, not only will VirtualBox not work on Apple Silicon, it will never work on Apple Silicon. There will never be any way to run a VirtualBox image that ran on an Intel Mac on an Apple Silicon Mac. Ever.
The canonical discussion thread on the VirtualBox forums that covers this in more detail is here.
VirtualBox is an x86 virtualization hypervisor. It only runs on an x86 platform. See https://www.virtualbox.org
While Rosetta 2 will run many x86 apps very well on an M1 Mac, virtualization products are not supported per this Apple document
I just had the exact same problem after updating my VirtualBox app on MacOS Big Sur. What worked for me was to go to System Preferences - Security & Privacy - General, and then click the Allow button to allow extensions by Oracle (first click the lock symbol in the lower left of the screen and enter your password).
Actually, during installation I got this pop-up window telling me to do this, but I wasn't quite sure what exactly it wanted me to do. Only after getting this error I took the trouble of looking closer, ahem...
Hope this will fix your problem too!
