Hi, The ability to highlight mouse cursor and mouse clicks is helpful when you're making a video tutorial or a video to demonstrate a bug when doing software testing (e.g. To demonstrate clicking a button not doing anything). I don't think I see this feature in OBS Studio so may I suggest. I have tried making the mouse pointer larger which helps but is still not the solution. I am new to the Mac world and would appreciate your help. In Windows, there is an option where pressing the CTRL key will help to identify the mouse pointer using a temporary display of several radiating concentric circles around the mouse pointer. Download this app from Microsoft Store for Windows 10. See screenshots, read the latest customer reviews, and compare ratings for Move Mouse. Open the Find My app. Choose the Devices tab. Select the device to see its location on the map. If you belong to a Family Sharing group, you can see the devices in your group. Choose Directions to open its location in Maps. If you turned on Offline Finding, you can see your device's location even if it's not connected to a Wi-Fi or cellular.
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Where you say Developer: 2POINT5FISH.COMin the article, the link starts with Just a heads up :)
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Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
I have the same issue as you (two monitors, can't find cursor) and I tried Mouseposé briefly for this purpose when you recommended in last year. I appreciate Mouse Locator: the delay to activate is a great idea and the 'always-on' nature of a system preference is a definite plus. Thanks for the.. er.. pointer.
As an aside: I also use a two-monitor setup with Windows (same screen sizes and resolution as my Mac) and when using Windows, I have the problem of not being able to find the cursor far less frequently. The cursor in Windows is a white arrow with a black frame -- I don't think this is a coincidence.
It would have been nice of the OS X developers to let the user invert the cursor colours when the added the ability to change its size in the 10.4 Universal Access prefpane.
As an aside: I also use a two-monitor setup with Windows (same screen sizes and resolution as my Mac) and when using Windows, I have the problem of not being able to find the cursor far less frequently. The cursor in Windows is a white arrow with a black frame -- I don't think this is a coincidence.
It would have been nice of the OS X developers to let the user invert the cursor colours when the added the ability to change its size in the 10.4 Universal Access prefpane.
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
Depending on your attitude toward haxies, Unsanity makes a great little app called Mighty Mouse that lets you do all kinds of nifty things with your mouse cursor.
I use it to flip my pointer for left-handed use (it is surprisingly annoying to have the pointer facing the wrong way).
I use it to flip my pointer for left-handed use (it is surprisingly annoying to have the pointer facing the wrong way).
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
Wonderful little utility - I too have 2 big screens. A thousand thanks.
[pedant mode] Have you ever seen one of those school productions of Romeo & Juliet where Juliet stands on the balcony gazing about, going 'Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?', as if she could not see him down below? It usually gets a laugh from the two or three people in the audience who know that 'wherefore' means 'why', not 'where'. i.e.: 'Why must your name be Romeo (and not something acceptable to my parents?)'[/pedant mode]
[pedant mode] Have you ever seen one of those school productions of Romeo & Juliet where Juliet stands on the balcony gazing about, going 'Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?', as if she could not see him down below? It usually gets a laugh from the two or three people in the audience who know that 'wherefore' means 'why', not 'where'. i.e.: 'Why must your name be Romeo (and not something acceptable to my parents?)'[/pedant mode]
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
Update office apps in mac. HA! I was going to point out the very same thing.
I guess I'm not the only anal retentive a-hole with a love for old english out there. ;-)
I guess I'm not the only anal retentive a-hole with a love for old english out there. ;-)
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
Did either of you notice that I (intentionally) split 'wherefor' into 'where' and 'for?' Now it's not wrong, it's just a nice nonsenical play on words that at least included the 'where' bit :)
-rob.
-rob.
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
https://gewseop.weebly.com/be-focus-app-mac.html. Neither Mousepouse nor Mouse Locator seem to work with Keynote on my system, so they aren't much use for presentations.
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
You mean when you're actually *giving* the presentation? For that, I think you need a laser pointer to highlight onscreen points. I use it when I have the app switched out and I'm doing a demo in the Finder; both work just fine then.
regards;
-rob.
regards;
-rob.
Under Universal Access in System Preferences I have Zoom enabled. Whenever I cannot find my mouse I just press opt+cmd+= and my screen zooms in to where my mouse cursor is. Then I zoom back out with opt+cmd+-.
Nice, Thats a Hint in its self.
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Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
This is a great utility! I think I like it better than Mousepose'. Well, I'll try it for a while..
On a different note, does anyone know about a similar utility to 'locate' the insertion cursor in a block of text? I mean the blinking I-beam. A lot of times I use a key combo like shift-option-right arrow to select & highlight the next word, which makes it pretty visible; but it would be nicer to have a utility similar to this, showing an indicator on a hotkey, or after a period of inactivity perhaps.
On a different note, does anyone know about a similar utility to 'locate' the insertion cursor in a block of text? I mean the blinking I-beam. A lot of times I use a key combo like shift-option-right arrow to select & highlight the next word, which makes it pretty visible; but it would be nicer to have a utility similar to this, showing an indicator on a hotkey, or after a period of inactivity perhaps.
Finding the mouse cursor with the zoom feature is great! It's always better to use built-in features, IMHO.
I am still looking for a means to find the text selection! Sounds strange? Well, did you ever searched a web page for a piece of text and did not find the selection then? That's my problem.
I am still looking for a means to find the text selection! Sounds strange? Well, did you ever searched a web page for a piece of text and did not find the selection then? That's my problem.
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
Hey -- How about posting your neat graphic for Mouse Locator. It looks better to me than the graphics I found at their site ;)
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Jeffrey
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Jeffrey
Mouse Locator Settings
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
So many of these issues could be resolved if there was a 'Mouse Trails' option in Mac OS X.
Best stock ticker app mac. That is one feature that Windows has that I think is fantastic.
Best stock ticker app mac. That is one feature that Windows has that I think is fantastic.
You might also wish to evaluate PinPoint from MacChampion http://www.macchampion.com its a bit more expensive (10$) but has some neat features which are constantly evolving. Nothing beats free of course, but their graphics are nice and the support is great too. I'll openly say they are buddies of mine (family actually), so make of this what you want, but it might offer features not found in other products so you might want to take a look.
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
Nisus Writer Express http://www.nisus.com/Express/ includes this feature which allows to locate the cursor at any time. Just press Enter, and the line in which the cursor remains hidden becomes highlighted momentarily.
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
I prefer moving a 'lost' cursor to a consistent obvious place rather than making it more prominent and therefore easier to find. The latter approach still requires SOME searching, especially with my 23' and 30' screens. When I 'lose' the cursor or when I return to a sleeping machine, or to a running screen saver, I hit a key combination (for me, 4 adjacent fingers on control-option-command-space) and the cursor is moved to the position x= 10, y=50; i.e., just below the apple. Media impression software for mac. Same place every time. I use a commercial program called QuicKeys to do this; there may also be freeware or shareware programs which allow you to program a mouse click position with a keyboard shortcut.
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Kimball Kramer
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Kimball Kramer
Mouse Locator Windows
Mouse Locator - Cursor, cursor, where for art thou?
Thank you, thank you, thank you for bringing Mouse Locator to my attention!
I find Mouse Locator delightful to use. Configurable so that it is not annoyng, but always on so I do not need to make a decision as to wether my cursor is lost. If I need to make a decision, then I would waste time flicking my mouse (or trackpad) around, then if Mousepose is installed, remember what the key sequence is to activate, or if using Universal Access, remember CMD-OPT-+, etc..
I'm using this on my 14' iBook, my twin 18' monitor PowerMac Dual/G5/2.5GHz. I've put it on my Mom's 17' iMac, and my Mother-in-Law's 12' iBook. I've also recommended Mouse Locator to my brother and a few people at work.
Again, thank you to 2POINT5FISH for Mouse Locator, and MacOSXHints for mentioning it.
Bob Harris
I find Mouse Locator delightful to use. Configurable so that it is not annoyng, but always on so I do not need to make a decision as to wether my cursor is lost. If I need to make a decision, then I would waste time flicking my mouse (or trackpad) around, then if Mousepose is installed, remember what the key sequence is to activate, or if using Universal Access, remember CMD-OPT-+, etc..
I'm using this on my 14' iBook, my twin 18' monitor PowerMac Dual/G5/2.5GHz. I've put it on my Mom's 17' iMac, and my Mother-in-Law's 12' iBook. I've also recommended Mouse Locator to my brother and a few people at work.
Again, thank you to 2POINT5FISH for Mouse Locator, and MacOSXHints for mentioning it.
Bob Harris