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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its"
type="topic" style="task"
id="usb-redirection">
<info>
<revision pkgversion="3.8.0" version="0.1" date="2013-03-24" status="candidate"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.24.0" date="2017-05-02" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.27.4" date="2018-01-12" status="review"/>
<link type="guide" xref="index#use"/>
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>Baptiste Mille-Mathias</name>
<email>baptistem@gnome.org</email>
<years>2012</years>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Michael Hill</name>
<email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
<years>2013</years>
</credit>
<credit type="editor">
<name>Felipe Borges</name>
<email>felipeborges@gnome.org</email>
<years>2018</years>
</credit>
<desc>Allow your box to access a USB device.</desc>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
</info>
<title>USB Redirection</title>
<p><sys>USB</sys> is a universal hardware bus protocol used to plug any kind
of device into your computer. <sys>USB redirection</sys> makes devices
plugged into your local computer available in the machines running in
<app>Boxes</app>. For instance, a USB flash drive or a webcam
will appear as directly connected to the virtual computer.</p>
<steps>
<title>To enable host USB devices in a box:</title>
<item><p>Make sure the box is running.</p></item>
<item><p>Right-click on the box in the collection view and select
<gui>Preferences</gui>, or click the menu
(<media its:translate="no" type="image" src="figures/view-more-symbolic.svg"><span its:translate="yes">settings</span></media>)
button in the header bar and select <gui>Preferences</gui>.</p></item>
<item><p>Click the <gui>Devices & Shares</gui> tab.</p></item>
<item><p><gui>USB Devices</gui> connected to the host
machine are shown in a list. Set the switch next to each desired device to
<gui style="switch">ON</gui>.</p></item>
</steps>
</page>
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