My cursor has taken on my highlight colour. How do I get rid of this and get back to a thin black cursor like the last thirty years?
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Original Title: How to get rid of coloured cursor
Mac mini, macOS 15.5
g_e_r_r_y wrote:
Thanks for trying but I have spent a couple of hours on the telephone with Apple and tried changing the settings in System Settings. It cannot be fixed in Sequoia.
For what it's worth, your problem has nothing to do with Sequoia.
If you open System Settings > Display > Pointer and click the "Reset Colors" button, it should change to black with a white outline. If it doesn't, there's something wrong with your install.
I have done so at least half a dozen times. As a thirty-year Machead, I really resent even minor changes by Apple that come WITHOUT an option to leave things as is! I would love to meet any clowns (if they even exist) who actually asked for either the Cap Locks screen indicator or a change in cursor behaviour. I think Apple hasn't quite figured out how to leave well-enough alone or IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT!
g_e_r_r_y wrote:
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT!
I guess you have some bigger issue.
I tried above showing to change the blinking insert cursor/highlight color. (your example Pages, Textedit)
Sort this thread by "oldest" if you are confused about the sequence of post...
Did you try making your change to black (Licorice) then rebooting to see if it sticks if it does not following suit initially.
g_e_r_r_y wrote:
I have done so at least half a dozen times. As a thirty-year Machead, I really resent even minor changes by Apple that come WITHOUT an option to leave things as is!
Sometimes life can be cruel.
g_e_r_r_y wrote:
I'm sorry. Where did you find this in Pages?
"Did you try making your change to black (Licorice)..."
Where? Do you mean in the Accessibility section of the System Settings or somewhere else?
The very first post above:
What OS version are you using? My Sequoia 15.5 has neither Licorice nor does it have a Yellow in the Accent color line. I have to go with Other because even its drop-down has an almost greyed out "Yellow".
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I guess you missed the part about something that was changeable before but not now. That's a bug! It's something that is NOT working as it's supposed to ON MY COMPUTER FOR WHATEVER REASON. IT'S NOT ME!
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This! I just updated today because the pinyin input stopped working in the google chrome search bar, so it was against my will. Now the same project is still on hold because I can't even look at the cursor! Now I'm supposed to sacrifice my nice aesthetic pink highlights because of the absolutely incomprehensibly thoughtless decision to make it more obnoxious and thick accent color instead of a slim, functional black. Then, in a classic move, there's no way to address the most glaring inevitable petty pain exists, so I have to yell into the void.
I'll never get over how people have meetings and discussions about these things then we still get tortured with things like this, as if I want to be four hours deep into being software doctor instead of WRITING LIKE I AM SUPPOSED TO BE because I can't even use terminal as a workaround to see my own cursor! I tried the stack exchange method and reset my computer four times atp. So so so annoying.
Very wrong, instantly had a problem with it and came here. Definitely don't appreciate your attitude. As more people are forced to update for functionality (as I was) more will obviously want an option to be able to see their cursor and still have a nice highlight color.
Owl-53 wrote:
In your Original Posting you have it correct 👍
No I didn't. That's why I posted a correction. And it's Accessibility, not "Accessibilities".
+1
No pointer issues of any kind in multiple macs running Sequoia or previous versions.
I completely agree with your assessment that it is probably something installed on the OP’s macs.
Your Accessibility window seems quite different from mine. I have already "Reset Colors" several times.
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The the appearance have an significance to this Curser issue ?
Perhaps if you elaborate on the how and why it does, we may better understand
What are you talking about? He has an entire list of pointer "things" under the word "Accessibility". Mine does not.
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g_e_r_r_y wrote:
What are you talking about? He has an entire list of pointer "things" under the word "Accessibility". Mine does not.
So does mine. That's because we used the search window.
Just to add, that is my screen shot, not "Owl's".
How do I change my colored cursor back to black on Mac mini?
