Why is my GarageBand playhead not visible on macOS Catalina?

Running Garageband 10.3.5. on Catalina, and the playhead isn't showing up at all. I can still spilt at the playhead and what have you but I can't make it very precisely without it. Anybody else experience this and may have a fix?

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Original Title: Playhead isn't visible at all

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 4, 2025 06:11 AM

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