# Virtual Machine Tutorial Mistake?

**URL:** <https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-machine-tutorial-mistake/2067>\
**Category:** Ideas and Suggestions\
**Tags:** tutorial\
**Created:** [December 2, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-machine-tutorial-mistake/2067 "2017-12-02T12:06:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Micro\_Biologist](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/micro_biologist/32/4190_2.png) [@Micro\_Biologist](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Micro_Biologist)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-machine-tutorial-mistake/2067/1 "2017-12-02T12:06:55Z")

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Hello, I think this belongs here, but I'm not 100%.

I was updating my QIIME2 VM and noticed that the shared folder heading part of the tutorial is now named "Optional: Shared Folders and Copy-and-Paste" however in no part of the tutorial does it show you how to set up C&P'ing between VM and host machines.

Hopefully it can be added as its no hassle and would help new users a lot I am sure.

Jono

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**Author:** ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-machine-tutorial-mistake/2067/3 "2017-12-05T03:58:43Z")

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Thanks for the note @Micro_Biologist! Copy-and-paste should actually be enabled by default after installing the guest additions, although I have noticed that that has varied in the past with different versions of VBox. Either way, I have [opened an issue](https://github.com/qiime2/docs/issues/256) for us to expand this text in the docs in the future. If you are interested in submitting a Pull Request to add this change, we would love that! If not, no worries, someone will take a look at it at some point. Thanks! 🦖

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**Author:** ![Micro\_Biologist](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/micro_biologist/32/4190_2.png) [@Micro\_Biologist](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/Micro_Biologist)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-machine-tutorial-mistake/2067/5 "2017-12-05T14:51:14Z")

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Sorry I'm not sure what you mean by pull request?

I am happy to quickly write a text (and possibly picture) tutorial on how to do this should it not be enabled by default?

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**Author:** ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-machine-tutorial-mistake/2067/6 "2017-12-05T14:57:26Z")

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> [@Micro\_Biologist](#):
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> Sorry I’m not sure what you mean by pull request?

[https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/](https://help.github.com/articles/about-pull-requests/)

Pull Requests are how we communicate with the development team about proposed changes to the QIIME 2 code, including documentation.

For reference, here was the original Pull Request that introduced the Virtual Machines section of the QIIME 2 docs:

> <https://github.com/qiime2/docs/pull/81>
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> Fixes #72.

Thanks! 🦖

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**Author:** ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/virtual-machine-tutorial-mistake/2067/7 "2017-12-22T17:55:20Z")

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[QIIME 2 2017.12](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-2017-12-release-is-now-live/2308) is now out and includes several updates to the VirtualBox installation docs!