cursor not changing to hand on links

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cursor not changing to hand on links

😕 I just noticed as I was testing web sites in Safari that my cursor remains as an arrow instead of turning into a hand on images or text that are links. This is new behavior. Any fix?

MacPro, Mac OS X (10.5)

Posted on Jun 27, 2012 10:59 AM

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macjack

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Jun 27, 2012 12:54 PM in response to houstonalle

It's odd, I've seen that behavior, now and then but I haven't seen it persist.

Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key and choose Library. Then go to Preferences folder and trash these files:

com.apple.finder.plist

com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

Then, restart, or log out and in again.

(You will have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.)

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macjack

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Jun 27, 2012 11:05 AM in response to houstonalle

No new behavior. I'd try a simple restart and if that doesn't work maybe rebuilding Finder prefs.

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houstonalle Author

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Jun 27, 2012 12:38 PM in response to macjack

Nope. That did not do it.

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houstonalle Author

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Jun 27, 2012 1:38 PM in response to macjack

I just did that as in my reply to the first post. IT DID NOT WORK. 😢

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macjack

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Jun 27, 2012 4:00 PM in response to houstonalle

Does this happen if, for instance, you paste a link into a TextEdit document, or is it isolated to your browsers?

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houstonalle Author

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Jun 28, 2012 3:33 AM in response to macjack

When I copy an image or text that has a link into text edit, it turns the linked image to text. When I roll the cursor over it, no change in cursor. It remains the arrow. If I right click on the text it will open the URL. Is that what you mean?

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macjack

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Jun 28, 2012 8:11 AM in response to houstonalle

Yes, that's what I meant.

Create a new User go to System Preferences > Users & Groups > "+" (make it an admin acct) and test the cursor in this new account, if it works the problem is isolated to your User and not systemwide.

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