Mouse cursor keeps appearing while playing video in full screen

I’ve tried every browser, in all of them the cursor keeps popping up randomly without touching the mouse or keyboard, it happens when I’m playing a video in full screen.

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 18, 2023 12:22 PM

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Jan 18, 2023 1:24 PM in response to Apple-slimwaiver

I suggest that you park the cursor in a bottom corner of the screen while playing your full screen video. This will minimize the disruption of your viewing when it does appear. Short of unplugging or powering off the mouse/trackpad/keyboard, this is the only thing to do, imho.

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