White circle around Magic Mouse pointer on Mac Studio

My magic mouse pointer (or arrow) has a white circle appear around it every time I move it. It seems to serve the purpose of assisting handicapped users. I cannot figure out how to stop it. I have MacStudio with OS X 26.1 installed on it. Any advice on how to stop it? I have attached a photo.



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Original Title: Magic Mouse

Mac Studio (2023)

Posted on Nov 9, 2025 5:15 PM

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Posted on Nov 9, 2025 5:25 PM

MagicMouseProblems wrote:

My magic mouse pointer (or arrow) has a white circle appear around it every time I move it. It seems to serve the purpose of assisting handicapped users. I cannot figure out how to stop it. I have MacStudio with OS X 26.1 installed on it. Any advice on how to stop it? I have attached a photo.
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/4c1b8e85-4fb8-4014-b258-a7c66e5578f1


mouse and pointer setting for the mac are changed in Setttings in Trackpad/Mouse and/or Accessibility...


ref:

Mouse settings on Mac

Pointers in macOS



However I never seen anything like it in the macOS...


—A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies


Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.


This test will tell you if third party interference; most extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.

 


—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 




***wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries— connect the charging cable, this will make the wired keyboard successful Safe Boot your Mac.

unplug all non-essential peripherals when testing

Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS






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Nov 9, 2025 5:25 PM in response to MagicMouseProblems

MagicMouseProblems wrote:

My magic mouse pointer (or arrow) has a white circle appear around it every time I move it. It seems to serve the purpose of assisting handicapped users. I cannot figure out how to stop it. I have MacStudio with OS X 26.1 installed on it. Any advice on how to stop it? I have attached a photo.
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/4c1b8e85-4fb8-4014-b258-a7c66e5578f1


mouse and pointer setting for the mac are changed in Setttings in Trackpad/Mouse and/or Accessibility...


ref:

Mouse settings on Mac

Pointers in macOS



However I never seen anything like it in the macOS...


—A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies


Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.


This test will tell you if third party interference; most extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.

 


—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 




***wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries— connect the charging cable, this will make the wired keyboard successful Safe Boot your Mac.

unplug all non-essential peripherals when testing

Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS






White circle around Magic Mouse pointer on Mac Studio

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