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John Asher Author

Level 1

9 points

Cursor disappears after fullscreen video.

After upgrading to Lion, my cursor started disappearing during fullscreen video playback and after I exit in iTunes, as well as VLC. Does it every time. Fullscreen video through Safari does not have this problem. I know the cursor should disappear initially, but when I want to use the popup controls or after I exit it still doesn't come back. I can restore the cursor by entering Mission Control.

Anybody else have this problem? Any fixes?

The video is also glitchy in iTunes Store when I'm watching a movie trailer. The lower left corner of the video is playing in the center of the video window, so I can only see a quarter of the video. Not 100% of the time, and sometimes it fixes itself after a few seconds. I usually enter fullscreen when this happens, which fixes the video position problem, but of course the cursor goes away. When the video ends, it kicks me out to the desktop and I have to swipe to view iTunes.

These problems happen both with the laptop alone and when it's connected to HDTV.

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.1), Late 2010 MacBook Air

Posted on Sep 13, 2011 3:09 PM

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Canny

Level 1

9 points

Posted on Sep 21, 2011 11:42 AM

You're not alone and, for me at least, this isn't just happening in video applications (though obviously the video preview problem is !) so my guess is it's Lion.

My "solution" so far has been to use CMD+TAB to open the app switcher and then immediately hit CMD+` to switch back to iTunes or whatever I was in when it disappeared. The cursor then reappears.

As for the itunes preview - if you switch it to fullscreen and back it should be fine (at least until you try to preview another show) except of course you run the risk of having your cursor disappear again. Now have to use four keyboard shortcuts to work around something that used to work just fine, not exactly ideal.

After a few deep breaths all you can do is remind yourself that its not a trivial piece of software and hope that it gets fixed soon.

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rampa6e

Level 1

0 points

Mar 11, 2012 7:09 PM in response to s.shinnawy

Mouse drag fix works, but this is an annoying bug. Apple, can you please fix?

Mar 12, 2012 5:58 PM in response to John Asher

I have the same exact problem. After upgrading to Lion, my mouse curser disappears everytime I exit any youtube videos watched in fullscreen mode. I have been using the quick drag fix trick but I guess we need a better solution!!

(update) This does not happen when I use Firefox or Safari. It does happen when I use Chrome

roc19472

Level 1

9 points

Mar 14, 2012 8:58 AM in response to John Asher

I do have the same problem...let's hope 10.7.4 could solve the problem...

zanesc

Level 1

0 points

Mar 15, 2012 11:06 PM in response to roc19472

same problem here aswell.. VERY ANNYOING

AndyJMcC

Level 1

8 points

Apr 12, 2012 10:25 AM in response to zanesc

I am also having this issue as well with all my full screen apps. The cursor still move because icon can be selected in the dock and the drop drown menu within finder. I can simply not see the cursor on the screen. We have a magic trackpad and magic mouse both are equally affected.

I find that moving between full screen apps and the desktop sometimes resolved the issue or my escaping out of the full screen app.

AndyJMcC

Level 1

8 points

Apr 20, 2012 9:30 AM in response to AndyJMcC

I have found that right swiping (with two fingers) between full screen apps and the widget full screen appears to bring back the cursor.

Jun 8, 2012 1:01 PM in response to John Asher

Same problem for me, seems pretty random as to when it decides to happen, but right-clicking makes the cursor reappear, most of the time anyway 😝

sevesp

Level 1

8 points

Jun 19, 2012 1:39 PM in response to s.shinnawy

Same problem, when using video using two monitors.

This problems has been going on for a while now.

Come on, Apple, fix now¡

😉

nosforz

Level 1

0 points

Jul 6, 2012 3:45 PM in response to John Asher

Same problem for me, hope this gets fixed soon

Jul 18, 2012 10:37 AM in response to nosforz

Same problem on late 2006 MacBook 13" w latest OS,

4GB, 7200RPM HD, etc. Had no idea problem was so

widespread. It was actualy one of the reatioales I had

for gettng a new model. But I doubt it will make any

difference - although I will post if I can find a forum

for the 2102 refreshed MacBook.

Sailenav

Level 1

4 points

Aug 7, 2012 4:51 AM in response to sevesp

Same problem on my new MacBook Pro Retina. The mouse dissappears as soon as I want to maximize youtube videos to a fullscreen window, using a second external monitor.

swillah

Level 1

13 points

Aug 17, 2012 12:09 PM in response to John Asher

Same problem, even after upgrading to ML.

Aug 22, 2012 4:19 AM in response to John Asher

please Apple fix this with 10.8.1!

PacAce

Level 1

5 points

Sep 8, 2012 6:09 AM in response to John Asher

I've had this issue for a while also but I think I've finally resolved it. Looks like it may not be a Mac OS X issue but an Adobe Flash Player issue. Updating to the latest version (11.4) of Adobe Flash Player seems to have fixed it for me. Below is the link to the Flash Player download page, for your convenience:

http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html

The cursor will still disapper after a few seconds of inactivity when the video is in full screen mode but it will reappear immediately when you move the mouse.

Hope this resolves your issues as well.

...Leo

Sailenav

Level 1

4 points

Oct 9, 2012 1:12 AM in response to PacAce

Didn't help for me. I use chrome and chrome automatically updates to the latest version.

Cursor disappears after fullscreen video.