VirtualBox Hypervisor Upgrade on Mac

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Overview

Upgrade from 5.0.4 r102564 to 5.1, then from 5.1 to 5.1.8.

Virtual Box -> Check for Updates ...

Download

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

VirtualBox 5.1 for OS X hosts amd64

Procedure

Double click VirtualBox-5.1.0-108711-OSX.dmg -> double click VirualBox.pkg

This package will run a program to determine if the software can be installed.

Continue.

The hypervisor will be upgraded without any other questions.

When attempting it to start:

"You have an old version (5.0.4) of the Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack installed. Do you wish to download the latest one? -> Download -> ... The Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack has been successfully downloaded from .... Do you wish to install this extension pack? -> Install -> An older version of the extension pack is already installed, would you like to upgrade -> Upgrade. ... The extension pack Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack was installed successfully.