Disabling glowing throbbing cursor in macOS 26.0.1

When typing in a document, the cursor is a vertical line. So far so good. In macOS 26.0.1 some genius has added this glowing throbbing visual 'noise' around the cursor that obscures the characters that it is next to. Is there a way to turn this off so that we get back to a normal cursor?

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Original Title: In macOS 26.0.1, how can I change the cursor so that it does not have that glowing throbbing 'noise' around the cursor?

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Posted on Oct 22, 2025 8:05 PM

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neuroanatomist

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Posted on Oct 23, 2025 5:21 AM

Smells like a 3rd party extension, please test in Safe Mode as CT suggests, since that will disable such extensions. If that ‘corrects’ the problem, you’ll need to identify the culprit. Please post back if needed.

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