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Genymotion Desktop does not work since I upgraded to macOs Monterey 12.0.1

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Important

Genymotion Desktop 3.2.1 has not been tested on macOS Monterey with VirtualBox 6.1.30.
Though it has been reported to work, we cannot guarantee the result. If you haven't upgraded to macOS Monterey yet, we strongly recommend waiting for Genymotion Desktop 3.3.0 before doing the upgrade.

VirtualBox 6.1.28 and below has several issues with macOS Monterey which prevents Genymotion Desktop to work on this macOS version.

To fix this, you need to upgrade VirtualBox to 6.1.30:

  1. If any previous VirtualBox version is installed, uninstall it first and reboot macOS
  2. Download VirtualBox 6.1.30 dmg for macOS hosts here
  3. Install VirtualBox 6.1.30
  4. Reboot macOS

If you still get an error, VirtualBox kernel module may not have been installed. To fix this:

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 the message System software from developper "Oracle America, Inc." was blocked from loading is not displayed and there is no Allow button, try the following:

  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

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