Mouse arrow pointer changes to a hand

In Pages my mouse pointer arrow changes to a hand - not the “baseball mitt”-type hand (that’s the best way I can describe it!) with a pointing finger that appears when using Safari and you point to a link; not that hand, but the hand you get with Adobe Reader when you’re viewing a pdf. Sometimes the hand goes away and the arrow reappears, but then the hand comes back. Sometimes I get not a hand but a cross-hair. I read somewhere that I must go to Library>Internet plug-ins, and delete Adobe Viewer plug-ins, but I went there and couldn’t find any. How can I get the arrow back permanently?

MacBook Pro, Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013. OS X 10.9.4

2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

I use Pages ’09 Version 4.3 - Pages 5 is useless to me

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Aug 4, 2014 11:28 AM

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PeterBreis0807

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Posted on Aug 6, 2014 2:50 AM

You are getting yourself tied up in knots and misunderstand what is going on.

It is not an "Adobe hand" it is the grab cursor that comes up when you are over an image in a shape and can grab and move it:

The cross hair cursor is when you hold down the option key and drag over text to select an area of text.

Peter

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jpcauv

Level 1

4 points

Jan 6, 2017 1:06 PM in response to Shorty06

I am also experiencing an annoying hand problem in Apple mail, which replaces the cursor before eventually changing to cursor mode. The hand acts as if it is waiting for time to elapse. A pain.

Marty112

Level 1

4 points

Jan 10, 2017 11:43 AM in response to NLMza

I to are having this issue. MS's going to trash is a real issue. Can this bug be fixed?

Jan 15, 2017 12:28 PM in response to NLMza

I'm having the same issue when saving files... my mouse pointer turns into a hand when I'm trying to select text in the finder.

Jan 23, 2017 6:50 AM in response to NLMza

Who cares? It still works!

Marty112

Level 1

4 points

Jan 26, 2017 5:58 AM in response to Capt. Arty

The above comment is not helpful. It does not work! When using mac mail clicking an e-mail with the hand put that msg in trash.

Jan 27, 2017 5:52 AM in response to boanga

I went to acrobat and selected the select arrow tool and it fixed the problem. Similar solution concept.

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Mouse arrow pointer changes to a hand