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Inspiring
August 22, 2012

P: CS4, CS5, CS6, CC: Cursor disappears on Mountain Lion (MacOS 10.8)

  • August 22, 2012
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My cursor keeps disappearing with CS4 and CS5. This started after I installed Mountain Lion. I have noticed this on 2 different iMacs, one at home and one at work.

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Inspiring
March 18, 2013
I just submitted a bug report to Apple.
Inspiring
March 17, 2013
Adobe cannot fix a system wide bug affecting many applications on MacOS 10.8.
We're all waiting on Apple to fix their cursor bugs in 10.8.
Inspiring
March 17, 2013
When will Adobe fix the missing cursor problem? Since moving to Mountain Lion OS the cursor from many of the brush tools disappear when they move off of the canvas. I can get it back by playing around with the desktop but it is a pain and time consuming.

Inspiring
March 17, 2013
Every time I upgrade my Apple OS something doesn't work in Photoshop. Sometimes it's a filter sometimes an entire suite of filters.
Inspiring
March 8, 2013
Again, other users have seen this in many other applications - please see the other discussions on other sites: it is a common problem.
Participant
March 8, 2013
I also agree. Why do our cursors not disappear anywhere but in Photoshop? This is the only bug that has affected me in using Mac OS 10.8.2, that I know of.
Inspiring
March 8, 2013
Some users have had luck doing a clean OS install and having this OS bug disappear.
Participant
March 8, 2013
Photoshop CS5 cursors and brushes continually disappear now that I have upgraded to Mac OS 10.8.2. Did not have this problem before with OS 10.6.8. I see the others on the Adobe Forum are having the identical problem. The only way to get the vanished cursor back is to leave PS for another app, or the Finder, and then return to PS. Problem repeats a few minutes later. Especially quick to happen as brush sizes are changed, usually upon reduction in brush size. This problem is a workflow killer on deadline.

Inspiring
March 7, 2013
A few people have done a clean OS install and reported that cursors worked correctly (and other OS bugs got better). But we have not been able to confirm this.
Inspiring
March 7, 2013
This sounds like a brilliant and sensible solution. I think I’ll do this 1st, as opposed to doing the upgrade over Snow Leopard.
Nothing like a clean install to do the trick.

Has anyone else tried this?