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Eleonora5FCB
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October 28, 2020
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Flickering cursor in InDesign

  • October 28, 2020
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Hi.

I am using InDesign 16.0 on macOS Catalina 10.15.7.

When I use InDesign, my cursor flickers. It doesn't happen with Photoshop or Illustrator.

I already tried resetting the preferences, but nothing changed.

Thank you for you help.

Eleonora

    Correct answer Anubhav M

    Thanks for your reply. I don't have Photoshop or Safari running at the moment but the cursor is still flickering.


    Hello @Thunder-Lightning,

    We understand that encountering technical issues can be frustrating. Would you mind trying to run InDesign under Safe Mode (Windows / macOS) and checking if it helps? Also, try running InDesign under a different administrator account (Windows / macOS) and share your observations.


    Looking forward to hearing from you.

     

    Thanks,

    Anubhav

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    default265116118qwclp
    Participant
    September 19, 2024

    I'm using INDD 2024 v19.5 on MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 and keep having the same problem. Good call whoever mentioned it only happens when something is open in PhotoShop. I hadn't noticed that!

    I quit PhotoShop and the cursor goes back to normal. I was having the same issue with Illustrator so I guess it will fix that too.

    Definitely an issue with PhotoShop rather than the other apps.

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    moellerart
    Participant
    June 23, 2021

    I habe the same problem:

    If there is one document open in psd, the cursor flickers in different other programs – it changes its form from the tool to the normal MAC cursor very quickly. This problem occurs ind indd, illustrator, safari, mail eg. when i close all doks in psd the problem is gone. BUT: I´m workin parallel with all programs, interactive, so i cant always close documents to erase this problem.

    Please Adobe fix this problem – in my opinion the problem is bases partially to the tool settings in PSD!

    iMac (Retina 5K, 27", 2020) 3,6 GHz 10-Core Intel Core i9, Catalina, Adobe CC latest, AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB

     

      nightgolfer
      nightgolfer
      Participating Frequently
      March 2, 2023

      Confirmed! Cursor flickers horribly in InDesign when moving, especially when moving over objects that make the cursor change to something else. Closing all open documents in Photoshop (but with Photoshop still running) completely fixes the issue.

      Definitely not a proper fix, but nice to have the issue narrowed down this much! @wrensauer could you please get this to the relevant team for a fix?

      Desktop Mac, CPU i7700K, GPU Radeon RX 6600 XT, macOS Monterey 12.6.3, 64 GB RAM.

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        Silviu33025234wkfa
        Participant
        January 20, 2025

        This fixes the issue for me. I closed Photoshop and everything is smooth now.

        Steve Werner
        Community Expert
        Steve WernerCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 28, 2020

        I have exactly the same setup as you and don't experience that. Can you be more specific about when your cursor flickers.

        nightgolfer
        nightgolfer
        Participating Frequently
        March 2, 2023

        Please see the other comments, maybe you can re-create the issue while having documents open in Photoshop, which is definitely the cause for at least 3 of us.

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