How do I change my cursor from the pointer to something else?

in Mac OS X Lion 10.7 to 10.7.3 here is where the 'legendary' Mac OS X Cursor files themselves are located -> System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/H iServices.framework/Versions/A/Resources/cursors

Depending on which version of Lion you are running, there will be from 36 to 37 folders within the 'cursor' folder. Within each of these folders is a .png as well as a .PDF file which are images of the various cursors used throughout Mac OS X. They are very easily 'edited' in Photoshop. Log out & back in to enable the changes you've made. Unfortunately, much to my deep frustration and regret, as of Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 the cursor folder named 'arrow 'is no longer used by the system. Meaning the main 'everyday' arrow cursor is no longer available to be 'tweaked' in this manner. SO if you can, stick with Lion 10.7.2 if you want to be able to have a custom arrow cursor. If anyone discovers where this arrow cursor is hidden away, renamed or encoded or otherwise in 10.7.3 or higher please let me know ASAP. I hope this information is useful to those wishing to customize their cursors in Mac OS X Lion.

~Neowinian

http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1059420-lion-hd-mouse-icons/

I did notice you mentioned 10.8, my hope was that it may still be the same location as it was in 10.7. 🙂

You can still change the cursor in 10.8 with two apps: Cursorcerer (free), to hide the original, and HotMouse (0.99$) to replace it with a new one.

(I know this is an old topic, but it's still on the first page of almost any Google search about this.)

Thanks for posting the file path to the cursors. However I cannot find the DEFULT cursor...the plain black arrow that's always around. I just want to flip it over so it's left handed. it doesn't seem to be anywhere in that folder. I've already flipped the rest of the system defaults using photoshop, but the default cursor is somehwere else. Thoughts?

i'm on 10.7.5

Thanks!