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cursor disappears on MACbook

im using mac book pro for the past 3 years, but it has started having an awkward problem for the last one and a half year. all of a sudden its cursor disappears and the i had to right click several times, go to another window and do all sort of stupid things before it reappears. it is quite annoying.

can someone help me with this issue. i don't want to reboot my device as someone has suggested on google.

looking forward to hear from you guys.

stay blessed

Ayesha

Mac Pro

Posted on Apr 25, 2020 10:43 PM

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Posted on Apr 26, 2020 12:56 AM

Part of troubleshooting this issue, among others, will require a restart.


However not just that; while usually its helpful because Mac does help

itself on restart and can repair some system files, then.


A restart in Safe mode does a bit more and also instructions are exact.

In and of itself, this could resolve issues more thoroughly than restart.


• How to use Safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262


While this may help, there could be other causes of similar symptoms.


After all, they are symptoms; some might be too full storage, or

a small number of things due to age, lack of free space, etc. A

restart is one of the easy first non-invasive things that can help.


This Safe mode (when successful, you'd login once or twice) then

proceed to a diminished Finder where certain things can be done

for greater troubleshooting. ~ Then to you'd simply restart normally

to exit Safe mode. This helps the system check and repair its files.


Any follow-ups or may include further troubleshooting; be sure to

have and keep more than one backup on external drive ~ and one

Time Machine on a separate drive. Your options include clones by

use of commercial clone utilities and/or disk images by Disk Utility.



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Apr 26, 2020 12:56 AM in response to ayeshaayesha

Part of troubleshooting this issue, among others, will require a restart.


However not just that; while usually its helpful because Mac does help

itself on restart and can repair some system files, then.


A restart in Safe mode does a bit more and also instructions are exact.

In and of itself, this could resolve issues more thoroughly than restart.


• How to use Safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262


While this may help, there could be other causes of similar symptoms.


After all, they are symptoms; some might be too full storage, or

a small number of things due to age, lack of free space, etc. A

restart is one of the easy first non-invasive things that can help.


This Safe mode (when successful, you'd login once or twice) then

proceed to a diminished Finder where certain things can be done

for greater troubleshooting. ~ Then to you'd simply restart normally

to exit Safe mode. This helps the system check and repair its files.


Any follow-ups or may include further troubleshooting; be sure to

have and keep more than one backup on external drive ~ and one

Time Machine on a separate drive. Your options include clones by

use of commercial clone utilities and/or disk images by Disk Utility.



cursor disappears on MACbook

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