I think I tried right click to no success (the menu comes up, but still no cursor), but just to be sure, I'll try it again next time this happens.
> On Apr 13, 2020, at 3:30 PM, Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This may not be related, but I have had the cursor disappear from time to > time on my Mac Pro desktop, with which I use a non-Apple mouse. When my > cursor disappears, I can usually get it back by holding down the right mouse > button to make the contextual menu appear. After letting go of the right > mouse button, the cursor usually stays visible (until it disappears again > several weeks later). I don't know if this will help in your situation, > since I do not have multiple displays, but I guess you could try. On a > laptop, I guess a right click is performed by holding the Control button down > while pressing on the track pad. I hope this helps. > > Gregg > > From: Macs R We <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, April 13, 2020 at 5:56 PM > To: Talk AMUG <[email protected]>, X Talk <[email protected]> > Subject: The Amazing Vanishing Cursor! > > Those of you who often run multiple physical displays on your Mac, have you > encountered this? > > Every so often, as I'm working on something on the secondary display, some > operation causes my cursor to disappear. It's usually some well-defined > interruption, like using quick-look, or clicking a notification, or a pop-up > window appearing, or something like that. I don't know why the cursor would > disappear for any of those things, just sometimes it does. > > I can move around on the trackpad, and see things in the screen wink and > change as the invisible cursor moves over them hovering, but no actual cursor. > > I can shuttle my finger back and forth quickly, the "shake to find cursor" > gesture that Apple introduced in El Capitan — the oversized cursor(s) will > appear and do all the right things, but the moment it shrinks back down to > normal size, it disappears again. > > The only way I have found to get the cursor visible again is to move it onto > the primary screen, then back onto the secondary screen. Then it's fine until > the next time it disappears. > > Am I the only guy seeing this behavior? > > -- > Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support > in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. > http://macsrwe.com <http://macsrwe.com/> -- Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. http://macsrwe.com
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