After updating to Lion my mouse pointer will sometimes disappear on my second monitor. If I move it back to my primary monitor is will return. Doesn't happen with any regular occurrence, seems pretty random. Thoughts?
Quad G5 paper weight, 2009 Mac Mini,, Mac OS X (10.6.2), Original iPhone 8GB, 16g iPhone 4, iPod touch 4 and iPad ][
******************** I HAVE SOLVED THIS PROBLEM (at least for me) ********************
Ok so I literally just "fixed" it accidentally while working on another tip from another thread.
Going into System Preferences --> Accessibility --> Display, I increased the "Cursor size" and tada! Now it shows up on all screens.
Interestingly/bizarrely, playing around with this feature, it only worked once the Cursor size got about 2/3 between "Normal" and the first tick to the right. Any smaller and it disappears again. This seems strangely arbitrary and I can't figure out why this works. I would think maybe it has something to do with relative resolutions of the monitors but that wouldn't explain why it displays fine on the second, mirrored, monitor.
Hope this helps someone else!
Lastest update 10.7.4 did not resolve the issue for me. Mouse will still disapear on both monitors at times.
I'm running a mini with dual monitors and this happens to me occasionally. I've found that if I select a different app (or two) the curser works again.
Same problem for me - seemingly random. Moving from one monitor to the next. Mac Mini 2009 with latest Lion.
It Happens when playing Flash or Video on line with Browsers... no matter which browser.
So what's the answer guys?
Yes I'm getting the same problem. cursor dissapears on second monitor - using ableton live + chrome
If I drag a window from my main monitor onto secondary monitor, the pointer reappears
Apple Please Fix this, the mouse keeps vanishing and I lose my flow while making music😢
Has anyone updated to ML and still having the problem?
You probably updated Firefox to v.14 and latest Flash plugin like I stated above
I dont actually have Firefox installed, just Chrome
Yep this is happening on me too, needs to get sorted ASAP; very frustrating! Using Mountain Lion OSX.
here also happening with ML, it,s been a while now with this problem and apple should have fixed this. Very annoying.
Yes. The program that it happens in most to me is FileMaker, but it is exactly the same: switch programs to get the cursor back. It's a stupid bug, but not a debilitating one.
same here! get that f.... problem fixed!
mac book pro august 2012 quad with lion 10.7.5.
I see a lot of posts on this topic, but I don't see any from Apple. Are you guys out there? BTW, I do picture and picture zoom to get my pointer back, but it's a lousy solution.
Nope. It's the OS. That would be very clear if you'd read any appreciable number of comments here.
Mouse pointer disappears on second monitor.
