The cursor reappears.

If I blindly navigate up to the menu and click it reappears. As I use two monitors, a simple clic in the second monitor, but on another application than the current one, brings it back. Please don’t insult my intelligence with any ‘YU so paranoid’ responses. Do you use an emulated environment? Although its main purpose is to move the pointer using the keyboard, it also has the ability to map a keyboard shortcut to show the pointer. Brilliant! If I hit F3 to show the open windows it reappears. Cheers. The cursor disappeared on my old MacBook Pro with an extra screen. Had the same problem with Mountain Lion and Mavericks.

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Press your power button to turn on your Mac. The steps to resetting the NVRAM and PRAM is the same. Something is likely corrupted, but could be many things. Then I click anywhere and move back into the Java application and it’s fine. Same problem here since moving to Yosemite from Mavericks last week. My mouse disappears quite frequently even in Mavericks and your tips work to get it visible again. I have found this problem to be directly repicable EVERY single time I try and do what BZ states. It reappears.

An easy fix to keep working on a laptop is to close the laptop for a moment then open it back up. Thats my $0.02 but computers are not as complicated as people want you to believe. I have had my machine and taken immaculate care of it for the last 8 years to never once experience this problem. That used to be their thing. But it’s still leaps and bounds better than the alternatives.

I have been working as an editor for pcrisk.com since 2010. Stacey Butler is a tech writer at macReports covering news, how-tos, and user guides. Close my MacBook lid, immediately reopen and the cursor is visible again. Software is up to date to 10.13 In case you are using a wireless mouse, you should check the battery level of the mouse. I take it all back had my pen stood on tablet DOH! Keyboard shortcuts. This is such a joke- this thread started over 16 MONTHS ago, yet the mouse cursor bug is STILL happening. I’m using macbook with external monitor.

But I’ve done it about 30 times today. Alternatively, move your cursor all the way up to the menu bar, at the top of your screen. Helpful – This has occurred for me for the first time after many years of using Word for Mac.

Then scroll back up again. Thanks for the laugh! I do use Safari and Chrome. its been helpful to read through them. I am on an older system, 10.8.3 2.6ghz Core i7 (2012/13 ? The only way to get it back is to open up some other menu or right-click.

I mostly work on Chrome, so till now that where i have experienced this, but i am sure it would be happening for other third-party apps and softwares too. Does anyone know how to fix it! I just closed the macbook screen and cursor came back. Simply press  Command (⌘) and Tab to switch windows. Oh, what are you using? Mouse Acceleration on a Mac – What it is and How to Adjust or Disable it, How to Increase the Size of the Mac Cursor, Adjust the Size of the Mouse Pointer in Mac OS, How to Use Tor on Mac to Browse the Web Anonymously & Access Blocked Websites, Quickly Take Pictures with iPad by Accessing Camera from the Lock Screen. Our guides are free. Chrome "Managed By Your Organization" Browser Hijacker (Windows), Google Automatically Switches To Bing (Mac), Congratulations Dear Amazon Customer POP-UP Scam, Swap Windows in current application  = Command +~, Switch Tabs in current application = Control+Tab, Open Application Preferences = Command +Comma (,), Force Restart = Control+Command +Power Button, Quit All Apps and Shutdown = Control+Option+Command +Power Button (or Media Eject ).

Most of the time I’m using the fn key (2x) which brings up mission control (program windows). Tagged With: Mac, Pointer.

Turn on your Mac and immediately press and enter these keys together: Option + Command + P + and R. Keep holding these keys for 20 seconds. I can get it back by sloughing off to the edge of the monitor, where (usually) I’ve got a sliver of the desktop showing. I have to move out of the application and then click. If these stored settings have issues, resetting might help. Never had a problem with Mavericks but now I’m on Yosemite 10.10.5 which is the latest I believe.

It makes a highlight line or whatever you call that. This would be the simplest solution … I personally find the easiest way to get the mouse back is just to go to the top nav bar on the screen and click. Can’t be bothered to read the whole thread but if I move the imaginary cursor to the top left and click near the apple symbol it’ll reappear every time. From day 1 itself I have been facing this problem. Works. For example, the disappears most often inside a Java application.

3. Mouse pointer disappeared or became invisible on a Mac computer, how to fix? Happens to me all the time, I just scroll down to the dock and it reappears. Going to the top is the only thing that works for me. In Safe Mode, your computer will appear to be the same but slower. I observed this issue over a long sleep mode, Hope something positive comes out soon to eradicate this issue, Thank you all for posting your comments here.

there shouldn’t be a low memory problem) and reappears when I CMD+TAB onto finder or any other application than Safari. It’s been around for far too long, needless to say. However, it is still technically there because I can click around. Was it part of an update? I’m now an Opera fan and wondered why I stopped using this marvelous browser. I am using Firefox and Yosemite 10.10.2. Most often in Lightroom 5, with which I use dual monitors. In response to BDAqua, Mar 17, 2009 8:37 PM in response to BDAqua open up a single new window and poof, gone. Came back and mouse returned miraculously!

We only have tricks to get the cursor back but there is no patch that can solve this problem!!! If not the CMD+TAB is a good solution, in case you want to keep in the same application after the CMD+TAB, just keep pressed both bottons and with the mouse pointer select your actual app again. When playing video full screen it’s normal (and wanted) behavior for the mouse cursor to disappear. Super Easy uses cookies to provide you with better services. I’m having the same problem, I’m using a solid colored mouse and the pointer is disappearing and the top gray menu bar opens then rotates to the left. Your mouse cursor should reappear. Oh you made me laugh!! Sorry for being thick! Perfect pain. I am on Reddit and my cursor is visible, but I click on a video post to watch it and when I enter that video in a new window my cursor is gone.

In response to Learning+ Mar 17, 2009 10:04 PM in response to Learning+ Clicking the new hotkey twice will often return the cursor. NVRAM (non-volatile random-access memory) is a small amount of memory in Mac that stores certain settings. I’m running the latest and the greatest and it still happens :-(. The 2 $800 PC’s i bought for my kids seem to function perfectly.

Swiping between screens seems to cause it, as well as changing apps. Thanks! My only solution so far is to drag what would be the cursor to the top left hand corner of the screen and click (near the apple symbol). I’ve been troubled with this for the first time since about a week ago. No, the disappearing mouse cursor is a bug on the Mac. It must’ve watched the movie two often and caught a cold. In response to BDAqua, Mar 15, 2009 11:52 AM in response to BDAqua This website is not affiliated with Apple. It comes back!

She is a longtime Mac and iPhone user and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Apple also offers live chat support. Perhaps on an imac, going to sleep and restarting will also help. Free trial available. I don’t run Chrome, I don’t have more than one monitor, and I’m not using any memory-hungry programs. “Can’t be bothered to read the whole thread but”. Or, maybe you use the Showtime Anytime app? All rights reserved. Same problem here since moving to Yosemite from Mavericks. It’s not a resource issue because I have greater than 8gb ram left and my CPU is less than 10%. I have an experience of 10 years working in various companies related to computer technical issue solving and Internet security. Happens to me constantly- more frequently when I am streaming something or there is a form of Flash running- it seems to be an error that occurs while running 3rd party apps or plugins. Just type mouse locator via App Store and choose one to suit. it is rather annoying, yes like why did it start disappearing in the first place the only thing I know what to do is bring the mouse to the top of the screen to drop down the options and the mouse comes back for a while and disappears again, like what is up apple. After a recent spring update, both my dad and I are experiencing this on our MacBooks every time we use three fingers to switch between the windows. This option could help you bring the cursor back when you quickly move the mouse pointer and make the cursor bigger. Either do – or just bang around with the invisible mouse until the dashboard shows up. I have had this issue for a while now and never really looked into it because i thought it was just my computer. It may be a minor issue but if I buy a $2k laptop, it better not have some stupid malfunction on a damn mouse cursor. Safari can't establish a secure connection - how to fix? Thanks, Joe McVey~. Plenty of RAM left over, happens on both my 2 monitor set up and work and just using the display on my MacBook Pro (retina). Finder.

eMac (USB 2.0) 2GB, SD, 500 GB WD SE, Mac OS 10.4.11. There are a number of mouse locating apps that claim to swiftly locate the cursor.

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Why Apple takes soooooooo long to fix what seems to be a simple bug is baffling. I’m on my third consecutive MBP in 6 years straight with this nightmare. mhikl. Try to right-click or shake the cursor using mouse or track pad.

The mac quality has gone down hill since idiot Tim Cook took over. None of the suggestions worked, I had to reboot and lost work (posting on-line, I’ll survive). Essentially any task that involves a motion gesture EXCLUDING scrolling, fullscreen app switching, and switching apps using the app dock should work.

This is a small problem but very tedious and irritating. This works every time for me. Feb 27, 2009 8:04 PM in response to Learning+ Whenever I find myself jerking the mouse around trying to get it to appear, a simple Ctrl-Enter displays it. The cursor should return. Furthermore, if you keep experiencing this problem with a particular app, the problem may be the app. 1. Thanks Apple! CMD+Tab has always worked as the proper fix for me. If you are still having the problem, restart your Mac in Safe Mode to find out that there are no third-party apps causing the problem. SAME HERE!! Typical of Apple… it’s 2018 and we still have this problem. How long since you purchased yours, was it new?

Move your cursor into the very upper left corner of the screen and click. Have had it in the past, always with an open FireFox session.

I am running a 2012 MacBook Pro running Mojave. Make sure the cable is properly plugged into your Mac. For me it was KODI somehow blocking visibility. Thank you! Glad I’m not the only one, but I can’t believe apple can’t find the fix for this. Notice that clicking in the application (and sometimes Finder) does not bring back the visibility of the cursor.

I was not going to take the time to read all of the responses.

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