Which keys to use to copy and paste inside CentOS guest on MAC

Which keys to use to copy and paste inside CentOS guest on MAC.

I am using VirtualBox on my MacBook Pro running CentOS 6.5 as a guest... I am trying to copy and paste some text in centOS (the guest) but it looks like everything I try just changes the window size

4 Answers

For that to work you need to install the vbox Linux guest support if you want to use it in desktop mode. And if your not using centos as a desktop and in CLI mode I would say connect to the guest using the terminal app using ssh. The terminal app lets you copy and paste the normal Mac way with cmd+c and cmd+v.

ssh user@ipaddress

Try

control + shift + c

for copy and for paste try

control + shift + v

You need to make sure to set Shared Clipboard to Bidirectional as stated in

From Mac, you can CMD-C and in the terminal of CentOS you can middle button paste. I haven't figured out the other direction yet.

Have you tried Control+C for Copy and Control+V for Paste (instead of Mac's Command button?)