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.
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.
System Setting >> Accessibilities >> Display >> Pointer
g_e_r_r_y wrote:
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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Your appearance is different because you have an Accessibility feature turned on— muting /changing contrast(?)
I would turn that off if that is your issue.
Your blinking cursor color —This has nothing to do with pointer color or accessibility.
macOS 15.5 .
I suspect you can use _any_ of the color palette pop-ups... to get a black; my example here:
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.
In your Original Posting you have it correct 👍
Though, OP may have overlooked the Accessibilities aspect from the Sidebar
g_e_r_r_y wrote:
I guess you missed the part about something that was changeable before but not now.
No I didn't miss it. Correct, it is no longer changeable, because Apple changed it.
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.
OK thanks.
To be proactive you can file a bug report / submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple
I successfully changed the blinking insert to black as a test. The highlight color followed suit with grey. I prefer the orange across the board...macOS 15.5
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g_e_r_r_y wrote:
I just want my thin, black cursor back the way it has been for thirty years.
Then you will need to send Apple feedback and let them know.
Make some changes to you settings...if it a pointer issue
for blinking insert...make changes and compare your results
Other>Black(?)
if you are new to this macOS 15.5 Sequoia and do not like the associated changes....
you can submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple
I did that reset several times on my own and with the voice on the telephone. It works in the System Settings but not in everyday use. This is on my Mac Mini M4 but it was also on my previous M1. So, it is not the install. I have had to find and correct HUNDREDS of typos in TextEdit and Pages because of this cursor nonsense.
The other change that Apple made by adding a screen icon whenever Caps Lock was on I managed to get rid of using a terminal command which I hate touching. I think it is going to take a terminal command for this also — if I could find one online. I wish Apple "engineers" would come up with a terminal command to change it back.
I have been using Macs since the mid-nineties with a perfectly good cursor and a light that appears ON MY MAC KEYBOARD. I don't need Apple's forced changes. I wish Apple would stop making annoying changes without the consumer having the option to avoid all "new features". I don't know who down in California thought either of those changes was a good idea.
g_e_r_r_y wrote:
It works in the System Settings but not in everyday use.
No idea what that means. I have three different Macs running Sequoia 15.5 without any problem setting the cursor color. Perhaps since you've had the problem on another Mac it's some third-party app you have installed.
dialabrain wrote:
If you open System Settings > Display > Pointer
Correction. Should have been System Settings > Accessibility > Display > Pointer.
Just to add, there is no "System Setting > Accessibilities > Display > Pointer"
Luis Sequeira1 wrote:
+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.
Danke. The only other possibility is a corrupt System Settings .plist file. But unless the OP migrated the old one to the new one… 🤔
g_e_r_r_y wrote:
Your Accessibility window seems quite different from mine. I have already "Reset Colors" several times.
Other than the two images are cropped differently, how are they different? They have exactly the same options in the same places.
In TextEdit and Pages in particular which I use constantly, The cursor takes on my highlight colour which is yellow and it is thicker. On smaller fonts, it becomes nearly impossible to tell if the cursor is in front of a letter, on the letter, or after it. It makes proofreading an absolute pain in the a*se especially with so many typos. I just want my thin, black cursor back the way it has been for thirty years.
The joke of it is that it is perfect as I type this in the forum as you can see in the screenshot below but coloured in the TextEdit screenshot below it.
How do I change my colored cursor back to black on Mac mini?
