The cursor is no longer visible. How do I correct this?
How do I make the cursor visible
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15
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How do I make the cursor visible
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15
Hello Theduck44,
Since your mouse cursor is no longer appearing, let's use one of the keyboard shortcuts below to restart or shutdown your Mac:
• Control–Power button* or Control–Media Eject: Display a dialog asking whether you want to restart, sleep, or shut down.
• Control–Command–Power button:* Force your Mac to restart, without prompting to save any open and unsaved documents.
• Control–Command–Media Eject: Quit all apps, then restart your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you will be asked whether you want to save them.
• Control–Option–Command–Power button* or Control–Option–Command–Media Eject: Quit all apps, then shut down your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you will be asked whether you want to save them.
You can also find those keyboard shortcuts in this resource: Mac keyboard shortcuts
If you still aren't able to see your mouse cursor, let's boot your Mac into safe mode using the steps in this resource: How to use safe mode on your Mac
It can take a few extra minutes to boot into safe mode. Your screen may flash or flicker while in safe mode. Those behaviors are expected. Testing in safe mode runs a check on your disk, removes some cached files, and can help isolate conflicts with startup items. Once you've tested that behavior in safe mode, you can restart to leave safe mode.
Let us know how that goes, and we'll keep moving forward based on your results.
Hello Theduck44,
Since your mouse cursor is no longer appearing, let's use one of the keyboard shortcuts below to restart or shutdown your Mac:
• Control–Power button* or Control–Media Eject: Display a dialog asking whether you want to restart, sleep, or shut down.
• Control–Command–Power button:* Force your Mac to restart, without prompting to save any open and unsaved documents.
• Control–Command–Media Eject: Quit all apps, then restart your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you will be asked whether you want to save them.
• Control–Option–Command–Power button* or Control–Option–Command–Media Eject: Quit all apps, then shut down your Mac. If any open documents have unsaved changes, you will be asked whether you want to save them.
You can also find those keyboard shortcuts in this resource: Mac keyboard shortcuts
If you still aren't able to see your mouse cursor, let's boot your Mac into safe mode using the steps in this resource: How to use safe mode on your Mac
It can take a few extra minutes to boot into safe mode. Your screen may flash or flicker while in safe mode. Those behaviors are expected. Testing in safe mode runs a check on your disk, removes some cached files, and can help isolate conflicts with startup items. Once you've tested that behavior in safe mode, you can restart to leave safe mode.
Let us know how that goes, and we'll keep moving forward based on your results.
The cursor is no longer visible. How do I correct this?