Cursor disappears on the external monitor connected to my MacBookAir

After increasing the cursor size as recommended by someone with this problem in 2018, I now have a giant cursor that only shows on the laptop screen but WILL briefly appear on the external screen if I violently shake it.

Anyone have a recommendation?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Sep 19, 2022 10:28 AM

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BDAqua

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Sep 19, 2022 12:32 PM in response to pisacks

Start with this...

Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at startup), does the problem occur in Safe Mode? Could take 10 minutes or more.

Safe mode attempts to repair Disks & clears lots of caches & loads safe Drivers, & prevents loading of 3rd party extensions, so if Safe Mode works try again in regular boot.

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