I just did the latest macOS Catalina upgrade. Unfortunately, now my cursor has a blue highlight, or blue halo around it. Regardless of whether it is a pointer, bar, or hand it is there. How do I get rid of it? It is very distracting and I find it hard on my eyes. Since I use night mode I find it even more glaring and intrusive. I have looked and do not find an easy solution to disable it.
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15
'May or may not stick, but I was digging around in settings and under
Settings
Display
Color
I found a "calibration" option. I clicked through the steps, changing nothing, and when finished it gave me a new "profile" entitled "Color LCD Calibrated."
The blue highlight then disappeared (at least it has for now).
For the record, I made all of these adjustments while in Night Shift mode (maximum "warm-ness"). So far, even if I turn off Night Shift and turn it back on, the blue highlight does not return.
'May or may not stick, but I was digging around in settings and under
Settings
Display
Color
I found a "calibration" option. I clicked through the steps, changing nothing, and when finished it gave me a new "profile" entitled "Color LCD Calibrated."
The blue highlight then disappeared (at least it has for now).
For the record, I made all of these adjustments while in Night Shift mode (maximum "warm-ness"). So far, even if I turn off Night Shift and turn it back on, the blue highlight does not return.
Dear readers,
It is night shift that is the reason for the blue cursor in Catalina. I just noticed now as i turned night shift on for the first time. I then switched night shift off and the cursor became normal again.
Delete your MacBook account and create a new one. That helped
Never mind. I inadvertently discovered what was happening and it turned out it wasn't related to the upgrade of macOS Catalina.
Even though macOS Catalina has a Nightshift mode I have continued using f.lux. I turned it off to see how the colours of the two compare. f.lux moves the screen from Daytime mode through Sunset and finally Bedtime. It also gives you more control of the colours. I was into Bedtime mode and this is a change they made with their app. I found that out when I turned it off to compare what b it was like vs the Apple Nighttime mode.
Hi sir. So how did you fix your problem?
I do not use f.lux, but I have the same problem - the blue background around the cursor. What could be the reason and how to fix it? MacbookPro 13 2019
Yeah, same
Macbook air 13 2014
I found that there is something wrong with a display profiles
I've tried all the above solutions and none of them worked. Its horrible! Any other suggestions?
get rid of blue highlight around cursor
