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bmarkoka
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January 2, 2017
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Photoshop mouse cursor flickering — OSX

  • January 2, 2017
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as you can see the cursor starts flickering when photoshop is running. when I quit then everything will fine.

made a fresh install. not from backup. still everything the same. this flickering effect is unpredictable because its not always flickering just a time when photoshop wants to start it

can anyone help me please? everything is up-to-date as well.

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Participant
July 12, 2022

I'm still having this issue as well. Has there been any word on how to fix? It's incredibly annoying when bouncing between PS and any other program. I've gotten in the habit of just opening PS when I need to make a quick edit, and quitting when I need to bounce back to another program so that the cursor is usable in the other program.

Inspiring
November 17, 2021

Same continuing problem for years and absolutely no reaction from Adobe. What a mess ...

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November 15, 2018

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Known Participant
November 15, 2018

I found that the real reason was the cursor bug in photoshop:This problem is solved when you change the drawing cursor from the default circle cursor to the exact cursor

Participating Frequently
July 10, 2018

Try a wired mouse?

Participating Frequently
July 10, 2018

Have you solved the problem?

donnys35819760
Participant
June 22, 2018

Hy bmarkoka,

how are you today, what happen with your problem now ? is solved ? if it solved please share to me how you solve that problem. because i have same problem like you sir. Help

Participant
January 10, 2018

I have this same issue, but with none of the same applications installed that you listed.

As BillC said, this has been a bug for years and Adobe does not seem interested in finding a fix. The only solution I've found is to shut down Photoshop. Luckily with the invention of Sketch and other Adobe competitors, we have fewer and fewer reasons to open Photoshop in the first place. Does that count as a solution?

Known Participant
November 15, 2018

I have zhe same problem ,The latest MAC system and ps 2018cc, I found the exact cause of the problem:

I drag the image or svg into any document, then add a layer mask to the image, and paint it with a brush in the layer mask.

Then it will cause the mouse style to fail.The mouse is shaking at the ai or browser border

Participating Frequently
December 15, 2017

This has been on-going for years and no serious attempt has ever been made to fix it. I think it's an Adobe problem. It tends to occur when Photoshop is open and when you bring another programme to the front to work in - e.g. Illustrator or InDesign, then the cursor flickers. An old hack fix which works most of the time is to hide Photoshop - nine times out of ten this works. I'm using an old 2009 Mac pro running El Capitan (the problem has persisted through all the upgrades since Snow Leopard) and I do wonder if the older hardware has anything to do with it? The cursor image flickers between mouse-up and mouse-down (depending upon which tool you are using) when moving the mouse... very annoying but I think it's being quietly ignored by both Apple and Adobe.

Known Participant
November 15, 2018

I have zhe same problem ,The latest MAC system and ps 2018cc, I found the exact cause of the problem:

I drag the image or svg into any document, then add a layer mask to the image, and paint it with a brush in the layer mask.

Then it will cause the mouse style to fail.The mouse is shaking at the ai or browser border

runningboystudio
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October 21, 2017

I know it's nearly 10 months later, but I have exactly the same problem in InDesign. It almost appears the mouse is scrolling through a variety of options at hyperspeed. Exactly the same flickering effect rendering it all but useless in InDesign.