spinning bullseye ( Black&white)

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spinning bullseye ( Black&white)

HI Everyone, Thanks for helping in advance. MY first time posting so forgive my mistakes.

I recently upgraded to HighSierra(10.13.6, late 2009 model) and did not notice this in my previous versions.

Every time I move my mouse, a spinning "bullseye ( black and white) appears, like some type of countdown.it disappears when it has completed 1 cycle.

Should I be concerned? how do I stop this and what is it? when it ends the top & bottom scroll bars appear in my safari window.

see attached image.

iMac, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jul 19, 2020 9:06 AM

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JosephLCJ Author

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Jul 20, 2020 7:39 AM in response to JosephLCJ

Hi Everyone, I'm going to answer my own question.

I discovered the answer by chance while searching for something else. so here goes!

(NOTE: If I am incorrect, Please do let me know. )

The "countdown" black and white bullseye has got to do with the "Dwell" feature associated with the Accessibility keyboard. Basically I move the mouse over an item and leave it here for a while and the iMAC automatically assumes I want a preset option ( e.g. Left click, double click, right click, scroll menu etc etc.).

This link describes it better. https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchl437b47b0/mac

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JosephLCJ Author

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Jul 20, 2020 7:33 AM in response to BDAqua

Dear BDAqua,

thanks for your quick reply. I tried it previously but it didn't work.

However I accidentally discovered what it was today while searching for something else.

The "countdown" black and white bullseye has got to do with the "Dwell" feature associated with the Accessibility keyboard. Basically I move the mouse over an item and leave it here for a while and the iMAC automatically assumes I want a preset option ( e.g. Left click, double click, right click, scroll menu etc etc.).

This link describes it better. https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mchl437b47b0/mac

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BDAqua

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Jul 19, 2020 9:35 AM in response to JosephLCJ

I've never sen it myself.

Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode?

Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.

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BDAqua

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Jul 20, 2020 7:37 AM in response to JosephLCJ

Great work, thanks for the info my friend! :)

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