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Big Sur - Mouse bug - cursor and pointer missmatch

I updated my mac to Big Sur a few days ago, and after I connected my external display (Dell U2718Q scaled to 2560x1440) and my Magic Mouse, I had issues that the mouse cursor sometimes itself does not represent the pointer.


When I press the mouse button, the click itself happens somewhere else on the screen. The cursor/pointer missmatch is consistent as long as I move arround on the screen. So if it's 100px to the left and 200px to the top, it will always be like that, until I move the mouse once to the top left corner of the screen, than it's back in sync.


I have already restarted the Mac and tried the NVRAM reset. and already deleted and reconnected the Magic Mouse.


I can not fully confirm yet, but pretty sure the same issue happens if i just use the integrated trackpad.


When I used the mac before, without display and magic mouse, there was no problem with the cursor.


Any ideas would be appreciated.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Jan 4, 2021 8:33 AM

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Posted on Jan 20, 2021 2:07 AM

https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/comments/i4vmpf/mouse_pointer_clicks_in_the_wrong_location_when/gifnxjn/


I found this reddit post, so I'm not alone with this bug, but that one answer actually pointed me to the reason and a temporary solution.


This behavior seems to be caused by the accessibility zoom feature (which i had enabled as picture in picture, temporary zoom by hitting alt+command).

Since I disabled that, the mouse seems to work just fine again.

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Jan 20, 2021 2:07 AM in response to Apermo

https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOSBeta/comments/i4vmpf/mouse_pointer_clicks_in_the_wrong_location_when/gifnxjn/


I found this reddit post, so I'm not alone with this bug, but that one answer actually pointed me to the reason and a temporary solution.


This behavior seems to be caused by the accessibility zoom feature (which i had enabled as picture in picture, temporary zoom by hitting alt+command).

Since I disabled that, the mouse seems to work just fine again.

Big Sur - Mouse bug - cursor and pointer missmatch

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