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macOS - An error has occurred while trying to create a virtualbox host-only network interface

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Note

From Genymotion Desktop 3.3.0 onward, it is possible to switch to QEMU hypervisor instead of VirtualBox. QEMU utilizes Hypervisor which is installed by default on macOS.

You are trying to run Genymotion Desktop in a virtual machine, a mac server or a macOS Cloud instance (AWS, GCP, Azure, ...)

Genymotion Desktop has been designed to run in a physical environment, not in a virtual machine. For this reason, Genymotion Desktop will not work if run in a macOS Virtual Machine, a mac server nor a macOS Cloud instance.

For more details, please refer to the following articles:

Your Mac model has been released after 2020

Genymotion Desktop is not compatible with Apple mac M1 and M2 models yet. For more information, please refer to Apple Mac M1 and M2 series support.

You have recently upgraded macOS

There are known issues with macOS Ventura and VirtualBox.

macOS security blocked VirtualBox kernel installation

This issue may be due to security restrictions in macOS which blocks VirtualBox modules installation.

Method 1

  1. Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General, and then click the Allow button:
    macos_security.png
  2. Reboot macOS

Method 2

If VirtualBox has already been installed and you don't see the message System software from developer "Oracle America, Inc." was blocked from loading, follow these steps:

  1. Uninstall VirtualBox and reinstall it.
  2. Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General, and then click the Allow button:
    macos_security.png
  3. Reboot macOS

Method 3

If Method 2 fails, follow these steps:

  1. Uninstall VirtualBox (use the VirtualBox_uninstall.tool of the VirtualBox downloaded dmg from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads).
  2. Open a terminal and restore SIP to default:
    sudo csrutil clear
  3. Reboot macOS
  4. Clear staging:
    sudo kextcache --clear-staging
  5. Reboot macOS
  6. Re-install VirtualBox from VirtualBox.pkg and follow system prompt to allow Oracle. If you don't get the system prompt, go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > General, and then click the Allow button:
    macos_security.png
  7. Reboot macOS

You are using a VPN and/or a firewall

Please refer to these articles:

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