Fix Invisible Cursor on Mac

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Is there a fix for this bug that causes my cursor to randomly disappear? It happens every couple minutes and it's incredibly frustrating because I'm constantly trying to figure out where my cursor is.

I'm running High Sierra 10.13.6 (17G3025) on a 15 inch 2015 Macbook pro with two external monitors.

Some additional details:

The cursor stays invisible until I right click or press cmd-tab. It seems to happen with several apps including Chrome and Atom, but I've noticed it happens quite a bit more frequently when I mouse over a kitty terminal window.

Best Answer

If your mouse cursor has mysteriously disappeared in OS X, try the following tricks in descending order to bring it back:

  1. Hit Command+Tab to switch back to the Finder or to another app, then switch back to the active app

  2. Summon the Force Quit menu by hitting Command+Option+Escape, there is often no need to actually force quit anything as just summoning the menu is often enough to make the cursor return

  3. Quit and relaunch the app, or quit all apps if the cursor is gone everywhere

  4. Adjust the size of the cursor, found in System Preferences > Accessibility > Display to make it reappear

Reboot

Let me know if problem remains.

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