Weird Mouse Pointer

skunk

macrumors G4

Original poster

• Jun 22, 2006

• #1

A bizarre thing: when I wake my Cube from sleep, the mouse pointer seems to have converted itself into a black 1" square. As soon as I click in a program it changes back to an arrow. Anybody else seen this?

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Jun 23, 2006

• #2

Is the square filled in or hollow? Could you have enabled VoiceOver in the Universal Access pane of System Preferences (COMMAND-F5 toggle) by accident? Maybe post a screenshot. 🙂

 

skunk

macrumors G4

Original poster

• Jun 23, 2006

• #3

I couldn't get a screenshot. Voice-over is off. Last night, the pointer became a non-spinning beachball. Yesterday, it was like this:

 

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mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Jun 24, 2006

• #4

Wow, that's weird. I've never seen it before but reinstalling the latest combo update from Apple and/or running the periodical maintenance scripts may help... Out of interest, does it happen in new user accounts? 🙂

 

superbovine

macrumors 68030

• Jun 24, 2006

• #5

anyone playing a practical joke on you?

 

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khigs

macrumors newbie

• Mar 9, 2009

• #6

weird pointer

recently when using safari, when move my mouse pointer over a hyperlink, the pointer changes. it's just the arrow with out the little line and there is what looks like the BMW emblem with it. anyone know what it is and why it is there?