There’s a little app that gives you control over showing/hiding the macOS mouse cursor named Cursorcerer.In my case this caused the macOS mouse cursor to disappear in fullscreen video playback. If the standard cursor doesn’t match your preferences, here’s what you. Try pressing the Spacebar twice to quickly pause & replay the video. Mac users can also customize their cursors, although they may not have as many options.So I found the following approaches to hide the mouse cursor on Macs with a Touch Bar: Unfortunately the F8 / fn+ F8 solution is not working on MacBooks with a digital Touch Bar, running macOS 10.14 Mojave, anymore (that’s the setup I could test it). Haven’t tested this yet on a MacBook Pro with the digital TouchBar – feedback about that is very welcome. Remember: depending on your primary use for the F(unction)-keys, you may need to hold the fn+F8 keys to achieve the same result. You can change how fast or slow you need to click a second time to trigger double-clicking on the Mac operating system. Now, click the extension icon and choose from the list of available cursors. If you are a fast mover, you may sometimes accidentally trigger double-clicking when you didn't mean to. Start by installing the Custom Cursor extension on Chrome browser from the Chrome Web Store. CursorSense is a great app that adjusts the cursor acceleration and sensitivity. Such cursor effect apps can make your Mac’s mouse pointer look more vibrant, colorful, and unique. Just press the F8 key on your keyboard while in fullscreen (e.g. How to change the speed of double-clicking your mouse settings on a Mac. If you want to adjust your Mac’s cursor acceleration and sensitivity, consider using special applications. When you are of the kind of people who also like a distortion-free screen, you may also dislike that the macOS cursor sometimes shows up in fullscreen video playback.įortunately there is a very simple solution: Update November 2018: added special remarks regarding this solution on Macs with a digital Touch Bar.

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