Shared folders with VirtualBox

1. Go to the VirtualBox VM menu ->Devices->Shared Folders ...
2. Click the add folder button on the right side.
3. On the "Select folder path" (SFP) select the folder on your host machine
4. On the "Select folder name" (SFN) write the name you want to use later if you have to mount the drive.
5. Click the OK button.
6. Open a terminal window and run this command: sudo mount -t vboxsf SFN mountpath
7. Now you should have access to your shared folder.

 If you made the shared folder permanently mounted you don't have to do the steps above. Just put your account into the vboxsf group and you can access the folder in the /media/ folder of your system.