I use two monitors: the 27" and a 30" Cinema HD. From the beginning, with Yosemite, I noticed that the cursor sometimes disappears after I move an app from one monitor to the other. Particularly notice it with Aperture. if I do a CTRL-TAB, it reappears. Have others noticed this?
Thanks.
OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Ooooh Apple....?
My cursor in email body also keeps disappearing. Sometimes I click on subject then back in body to bring it back. But does not work all the time.
This is very frustrating. It’s a basic performance requirement. ** sir must not get missing for whatever reason. Please fix this bug. It’s been there from previous iOS versions.
This fixed my problem
clundieDec 16, 2014 7:49 PM Re: Mouse cursor disappears.
Re: Mouse cursor disappears.in response to SteveKir
I had this problem return, but it went away again when I went to System Preferences > Accessibility > Zoom and unchecked both "Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom" and "Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom". Comes right back if I check either one.
You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. You can link to this one. Post in the ElCapitan community.
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I have the same issue just after starting moving between 2 LG1952TX displays. It seems to happen if I have selected the restore window option. When I move from MON-1 to MON-2 the cursor disappears when I pass the edge, but all I've had to do was click the trackpad and the cursor reappears and remains visible.
I'll try Control-Tab solution if this recurs. In the meantime I've set the Accessibilty option suggested by IluvMyiphone to see what happens.
Mac mini
OS X 10.10.3
Sorry, Apple, but none of the above fixes seem to work on my Mini using 10.10 3. The problem first appeared in 10.10.2. I get my cursor back for about 30 seconds after moving to another application. Only a single screen in use, though there is a TV set connected via HDMI, though it is switched off at the wall most of the time. Apple seems unwilling to confront this little glitch. It certainly makes using the machine tedious having to switch apps every 30 seconds while using the cursor to navigate any app.
I'm lucky I ve some alternatives such as this iPad.
J.
Yes I have this problem but I have stumbled on a solution that gets the cursor back fast. Set up a hot corner to put the display to sleep. When the cursor disappears just wipe to the corner, the screen goes black. Move the mouse and when the screen comes back on, it includes the mouse cursor.
By far the easiest way to get the cursor back, in my experience, is to simply swipe the trackpad as if you were moving to the top of the screen and then click (i.e. clicking off the top of the screen anywhere).
In brings the cursor back immediately.
I'm using Mavericks 10.9.5 with the zoom keyboard shortcut, control and two finger swipe up or down, and the cursor disappears periodically. Sometimes if I swipe up-and-down to the top and bottom quickly repeatedly it will come back, but sometimes not. I just tried the suggestion above of swiping to the top and clicking, but that didn't work. Since it seems to be connected to the zoom function, I tried pressing "control" and zooming in with the two finger swipe, and that brought to cursor back immediately.
And here we are in the time of El Capitan 10.11.5 (the most current update at the time of this post) and this is still an issue. When I boot my MacBook Pro 13" (early 2015) and the user log-in screen appears, there is often times no cursor. It is an intermittent issue, but it happens often enough to be a nuisance. The solution I have found is to simply press the power button for a second or two to put the laptop to sleep (be careful not to hold it down long enough that it invokes a forced shutdown). When you reawaken it by pressing the space bar, the cursor reappears. It would be great if this were fixed, Apple. Thank you!
Hi All i have an iMac 27" running El Capitan, and my mouse cursor disappears randomly quite often, i end up madly clicking all over my screen to get it to come back
this happens in any application but mostly safari or google chrome
it is very annoying when trying to work, i have tried the above mentioned tweaks and i still have the same issue
I don't know why the second half of my above reply is in much smaller print, but that's the part that has the solution for me, which is to press control and use a two finger swipe to zoom in, as I have the zoom shortcut enabled, and I that brings a cursor back immediately.
I still have this same issue. I, like others, simply change applications and it shows up again. This issues occurs usually when working in MS Word, when Powerpoint is in slideshow mode (in the background), and shows itself most when moving over to a Chrome window, but all of this could be noise for the problem is specific to the monitor edge and not the application window.
It's coming up for 2 years now and apple still haven't fixed this. I'm running Sierra 10.12.1 and the cursor just disappeared on my MBP (Mid 2015). Safari had the focus, I moved the mouse quickly and the large mouse appeared. Let go and it disappeared again. This just kept doing the same thing over and over.
I just did command tab to go to another app and the problem went away, but the bug is still there - very annoying Apple don't seem to be able to fix this
Trev
Yes after a couple years of this being on the forum its still happening and Apple has STILL not fixed it. Happens to me on MBP Retina with every use. It is not just annoying but makes it impossible to use this computer at times. APPLE what the **** are you doing about this?
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