Accessibility improvements. Ability to disable the locator automatically on single screen computers. Download on the Mac App Store. Feb 17, 2015  The built-in macOS mouse shake motion that briefly enlarges the cursor doesn't work reliably for me and even when it does is often too quick to notice. Simple Mouse Locator is perfect - hit the hot-key I configured in the settings and a nice colored ring is displayed at the current mouse location.

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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.

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).

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. ;-)

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.

Neither Mousepouse nor Mouse Locator seem to work with Keynote on my system, so they aren't much use for presentations.

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.

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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mh

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.

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.

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

So many of these issues could be resolved if there was a 'Mouse Trails' option in Mac OS X.
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.

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.

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. 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

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

When it comes to using a mouse, everyone is different. Some like fast double-clicking, others like natural scrolling. Maybe you prefer a traditional button mouse to Apple's Magic Mouse. Maybe you want to use right-clicking again. Whatever your preferences are, you can customize them to suit you better. Here's how.

How to change the scroll direction, right-click, and tracking speed of your mouse on a Mac

The Mac operating system makes it possible for you to make adjustments to the basic actions on your mouse with just a few simple steps.

1. Click the Apple icon in the upper-left corner of your screen.

2. Select System Preferences.. from the dropdown menu.

3. Click on Mouse in the System Preferences window.

4. Click on Point & Click.

5. Tick the box for Scrolling direction: natural to make the mouse scroll the same direction that your finger moves.

6. Tick the box for Secondary click to enable right-clicking.

7. Click the arrow below Secondary Click to choose whether you use the right or left side of the mouse to trigger secondary clicking.

   Note: you cannot change the secondary clicking side on a non-Apple mouse.

8. Drag the Tracking Speed slider left or right to increase or decrease the speed at which your mouse pointer moves across the screen.

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How to change the speed of double-clicking your mouse on a Mac

If you are a fast mover, you may sometimes accidentally trigger double-clicking when you didn't mean to. You can change how fast or slow you need to click a second time to trigger double-clicking on the Mac operating system.

1. Click the Apple icon in the upper-left corner of your screen.

2. Select System Preferences.. from the dropdown menu.

3. Click on Accessibility in the System Preferences window.
4. Scroll down and select Mouse & Trackpad from the menu on the left side of the Accessibility window.

5. Drag the Double-click speed slider to the right or left to increase or decrease how fast you must click the mouse to trigger the double-click feature.

   Note: At its slowest, you can wait as long as four seconds between clicks to trigger double-clicking.

6. Tick the box for Spring-loading delay to enable the feature that opens a folder when you hover over it with a file.

   Note: This feature is usually enabled by default.

7. Drag the Spring-loading delay slider right or left to increase or decrease how long you have to hover over a folder with a file before it opens.

How to change the scrolling speed of your mouse on a Mac

1. Click the Apple icon in the upper-left corner of your screen.

2. Select System Preferences.. from the dropdown menu.

3. Click on Accessibility in the System Preferences window.

4. Scroll down and select Mouse & Trackpad from the menu on the left side of the Accessibility window.

5. Click on Mouse Options
6. Drag the Scrolling speed slider to the right or left to speed up or slow down how fast you can scroll down on a page.

7. Click OK to exit.

How to change the gestures of your Magic Mouse on a Mac

1. Click the Apple icon in the upper-left corner of your screen.

2. Ck2 rise of islam. Select System Preferences.. from the dropdown menu.

3. Click on Mouse in the System Preferences window.
4. Click on Point & Click.
5. Tick the box for Smart zoom to enable the ability to double-tap the Magic Mouse to zoom in a window.
6. Click on More Gestures.
7. Tick the box for Swipe between pages to use your finger to swipe or scroll left and right on the Magic Mouse.

8. Click the arrow below Swipe Between Pages to choose whether you scroll left and right with one finger, swipe left and right with two fingers, or swipe left and right with one or two fingers.

9. Tick the box for Swipe between full-screen apps to enable the ability to swipe left or right to switch from one full-screen to another.

10. Tick the box for Mission Control to enable the ability to lightly tap the Magic Mouse to call up Mission Control.

Any questions?

Do you have any questions about how to change the mouse settings on your Mac? Let us know in the comments and we'll answer them for you.

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