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If I enable Voice Over on my MacBook pro, I cannot control my mouse cursor via trackpad anymore.

Since yesterday, when I enable voice-over on my MacBook Pro via Cmd + F5, I cannot see my mouse cursor anymore and cannot control it via the trackpad.


Instead if I try to control it via the trackpad, I see some strange dialogs on my screen.


How can I use the mouse cursor while the voice-over is enabled?

Posted on Jul 3, 2019 11:18 AM

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Jul 4, 2019 6:57 AM in response to TomyHomy

What a terrible support! Really disappointing.


To answer my own question is said that responsible for that problem was a VoiceOver feature called Trackpad Commander.


To disable the Trackpad Commander:

Hold down the Control and Option keys (the “VO keys”) and rotate two fingers counterclockwise anywhere on the trackpad.

If I enable Voice Over on my MacBook pro, I cannot control my mouse cursor via trackpad anymore.

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