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January 14, 2026
Question

Cursor not following mouse movements (but ruler tracking accurately)

  • January 14, 2026
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If anyone is able to help, im having a new strange issue in Photoshop where any tool that uses a preview cursor (eg. brush, clone stamp, dodge, smudge), the icon for the cursor doesn't follow where the mouse is on the page. This doesnt happen with tools like select or pen that arent dynamic.

 

As you can see in the below image, the makers on the ruler correctly identify where the brush actually is, but the brush curser is stuck to the left. If i change the cursor eg. pressing space bar for the hand, the cursor for the brush will remain in whatever place the hand was when I let go of space bar. Annoyingly this also makes it difficult to screenshot or record as activating that requires pressing CMB which activates the move tool.

 

Mac OS Sequoia, Photoshop 27.2, M3 Max Macbook

 

IMG_2046.jpg

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Participant
January 18, 2026

Thank you, I tried both the graphics processor option and resetting the photoshop preferences, with no luck.

 

I'll paste the system info below - I want to add also that this is a brand new issue and this is the first time I've used photoshop since updating photoshop very recently (and I'm not sure if my last working version of PS was the one previous to this update, or if I was a few minor versions behind).

 

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   Wind 27.2.0, © 2003-2026 Adobe. All rights reserved. - from the file “Standard Multiplugin.plugin”
   Wireless Bitmap 27.2 © 1989-2026 Adobe. All rights reserved. - from the file “WBMP.plugin”
   ZigZag 27.2.0, © 2003-2026 Adobe. All rights reserved. - from the file “Standard Multiplugin.plugin”

Optional and third party plugins: NONE


Duplicate and Disabled plugins: NONE


Plugins that failed to load: NONE

Unified Extensibility Platform - Extensions:

   Home Screen (Loaded) 10.3.2.2 - from the file "Required Folder"
   CmdN: 1.27.12
   FMS: 1.12.4
   UAM: 1.5.0
   UAB: 2.18.0-17
   UAB4: 5.47.0
   AXT: 1.0.7
      Loaded at: 63 ms - launch time impact: 80 ms
   Discover Panel (Loaded) 2510.134.0.8 - from the file "Required Folder"
      Loaded at: 68 ms - launch time impact: 13 ms
   ccx-timeline (Prepared) 3.1.12.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
   CCX Commenting UXP Webview (Loaded) 30.20.1.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
      Loaded at: 3828 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms
   CCX Sharesheet UXP (Prepared) 30.31.8.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
   CC Libraries Panel (Prepared) 4.13.32.0 - from the file "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CEP/extensions/CC_LIBRARIES_PANEL_EXTENSION_4_13_32/"
   CAPTURE: 2.0.41  STOCK: 4.2.7
   Share Panel (Loaded) 1.0.27.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
      Loaded at: 69 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms
   In app notifications (Loaded) 10.0.113.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
      Loaded at: 69 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms
   Content Credentials (Loaded) 0.53.4.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
      Loaded at: 2951 ms - launch time impact: 6 ms
   Parametric Filter (Prepared) 1.0.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
   Photoshop Adjustments Panel (Loaded) 2.3.14.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
      Loaded at: 3828 ms - launch time impact: 1 ms
   Photoshop UXP Export-As (Prepared) 5.12.9.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
   Photoshop In App Messaging (Loaded) 4.8.8.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
      Loaded at: 3828 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms
   Information Alert (Prepared) 0.5.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
   Photoshop Selection Feedback (Prepared) 0.5.0.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
   Plugins Panel (Prepared) 1.6.9.0 - from the file "Required Folder"
   Substance 3D Viewer Plugin for Photoshop (Prepared) 1.0.0.0 - from the file "/Library/Application Support/Adobe/UXP/extensions/com.adobe.substance-3d.viewer.ps/"
   IC popup message (Loaded) 1.0.0.0
      Loaded at: 2951 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms
   Multilayer Protection (Loaded) 1.0.0.0
      Loaded at: 2951 ms - launch time impact: 0 ms
   Neural Filters (Registered) 1.15.0.105 - from the file "Required Folder"
   Scan time: 0 ms - entries: 42 

Installed TWAIN devices: NONE
Community Expert
January 14, 2026

This can be a issue or incompatibility with your graphic device or graphic driver.

Try to disable the option to "Use Graphics Procesor" from Photoshop by going to Preferences, then Performance. Once done, quit & relaunch Photoshop to check if that helps. If it helps, you can check out the steps suggested here:   https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/troubleshoot-gpu-graphics-card.html

If the issue persists, you can try to reset the preferences of Photoshop using the steps described here:Reset preferences

Please backup your settings before resetting the preferences. You can check: Migrate presets, actions, and settings (adobe.com)

 

Another try is to enable the Older GPU Mode option in "Preferences" > "Technology Previews" > "Use Older GPU Mode (pre 2016)". Then goto "Preferences" > "Technology Previews" and disable "Enable Modern User Interface". Restart Photoshop.

 

If this all doesn't help, we need more informations about your system. Maybe you can post your Photoshop system info. In Photoshop goto Help > System Info and hit the copy button. Then paste the entire informations into this thread.

 

My System: Intel i7-8700K - 64GB RAM - NVidia Geforce RTX 3060 - Windows 11 Pro 25H2 -- LR-Classic 15 - Photoshop 27 - Nik Collection 9 - PureRAW 6 - Topaz Photo AI