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Cursor won't move to certain portion of the screen

I have a 2019 13" MacBook Pro. My cursor won't move past a certain point on my screen. It is as if there is an imaginary line about 2cm away from the left edge of my screen to block my cursor from moving past. I restarted my computer just this morning and it worked fine for about 6 hours but now I have this issue. I had a second display (iPad) connected to my Mac, could that have confused it as to where the edge of my screen is?

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 26, 2020 10:24 PM

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Posted on Apr 27, 2020 5:30 AM

calum789 wrote:

I have a 2019 13" MacBook Pro. My cursor won't move past a certain point on my screen. It is as if there is an imaginary line about 2cm away from the left edge of my screen to block my cursor from moving past. I restarted my computer just this morning and it worked fine for about 6 hours but now I have this issue.
I had a second display (iPad) connected to my Mac, could that have confused it as to where the edge of my screen is?


Yes.


Reboot and try again.


If necessary you can reset NVRAM/PRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379



If no resolve >System Preferences>Displays make some changes to resolution


Change Display preferences on Mac - Apple Support

Use external monitors with your Mac - Apple Support



Use your iPad as a second display for your Mac with Sidecar ...

Sidecar - Apple Support



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Apr 27, 2020 5:30 AM in response to calum789

calum789 wrote:

I have a 2019 13" MacBook Pro. My cursor won't move past a certain point on my screen. It is as if there is an imaginary line about 2cm away from the left edge of my screen to block my cursor from moving past. I restarted my computer just this morning and it worked fine for about 6 hours but now I have this issue.
I had a second display (iPad) connected to my Mac, could that have confused it as to where the edge of my screen is?


Yes.


Reboot and try again.


If necessary you can reset NVRAM/PRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379



If no resolve >System Preferences>Displays make some changes to resolution


Change Display preferences on Mac - Apple Support

Use external monitors with your Mac - Apple Support



Use your iPad as a second display for your Mac with Sidecar ...

Sidecar - Apple Support



Cursor won't move to certain portion of the screen

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