Typing keyword in VirtualBox VM is very slow and lag on MacOS Monterey

October 21, 2021

Below is a workaround solution to fix VirtualBox issue is running in MacOS Monterey.

Open Terminal.

sudo nano /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/Resources/VirtualBoxVM.app/Contents/Info.plist

Changed the following parameter from true to false: <key>NSHighResolutionCapable</key> <false/>

Saved the file, reopen VirtualBox. We can see typing keyword in Virtualbox VM is faster than before.