Cursor Brush Outline (macOS)

[Mr.Bravo]

Can someone help me figure out why when I try to use my paint brush or eraser tool the outline is bigger than the actual space it uses?

[jane-e · Accepted solution]

@Mr.Bravo 

It's a setting on macOS.

Go to Apple menu > System Settings > Accessibility > Display > Change the cursor size to normal.

Jane

[Mr.Bravo]

That did the trick! Now I feel like an idiot, I went through every setting I could think of in Ps but never thought about my macOS settings. Thank you!

[jane-e]

@Mr.Bravo 

You're welcome, and you are not the first one who has come across this!

Jane

[Brendan D Rowlands]

Thanks, fantatasic... would never have worked that out by myself!!!

[ChristopherBovey]

I have the same issue, but your solution did not work. My mouse pointer is set to a larger size in my Mac settings, because I don't have perfect eyesight. 

When I first installed PS25 last week, I remember getting a message saying that my Mac cursor was set up for  people with impaired vision and would I like this on PS - so I clicked yes, not releasing they meant it would change it so that I would have to guess where the brush, instead of it being where the black border on the circle pointer (why anyone would not want it like this is beyond me).

I have tried altering curser settings, I even uninstalled PS and installed it again, hoping the warning message that I might lose some preferences would be true, it wasn't. 

Adobe have effectively rendered my product unusable - if you know how to fix this I would be grateful 

[ChristopherBovey]

I have a new Mac which I just installed Photoshop 2025

When I installed the Adobe software, I was asked if I wanted settings for the visually impaired; since I have a bigger curser pointer in my Mac OS settings, I clicked yes

When I use the paintbrush or the eraser the outline border is better than the actual space it uses. 

I have tried altering the curser settings in preference, I uninstalled PS and installed it again, but that didn't work. 

Please can someone tell me how to fix this as it's made Photoshop virtually unusable. 

I have attached a screen recording 

[Ged_Traynor · Accepted solution]

@ChristopherBovey check the pointer size in the MAC settings

[ChristopherBovey]

Thanks for your reply, I tried that earlier, but it didn't work; however, I tried again, making sure I closed down Photoshop, and it worked. However, my mouse pointer is set to that size for a reason - why does increasing the pointer size make the circle on my eraser bigger than the area being erased? 

I'd put up with a smaller mouse pointer for all my programmes if that's the only way I can get Photoshop to work properly,  but it seems very strange Adobe should do this. Why would someone want their brush circle to be bigger than the actual shading area?