My cursor is wrong in certain apps (Safari, Chrome, Mail)

I have this weird issue, where my cursor isn't changing to a pointer (or any other cursors) when I'm browsing the web or in Mail.

MBPr mid 2012, OS X Yosemite, Safari 8

Anyone knows how to fix this?


If Photoshop CC runs, the mouse pointer can show you wrong pointer in several different apps (Chrome, Mail, etc.). Close Photoshop CC and the cursor should be OK.

Reference: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=357347


I'VE FOUND THE PROBLEM!!!! WHOOORAHHHHH!

ADOBE it's you!

Flickering curser / curser not showing / jiggering around all over etc in all adobe products and your browser with ADOBE flash plugins!

A team of 22 people in my office all had similar issues and we resolved it simply by closing our currently open photoshop documents. Why this fixed it we have no clue. But it did fix the issues - all the cursor-related issues!

Try it.

We're now on high alert for when exactly the issue starts to resurface to try to pin down exact causes.


Hey I know this is an old issue. But I just recently was faced with it as well. The cursor did not change into a hand when hovering over links, plus my cursor was flickering and jumping in all Adobe Apps! I'm using OSX El Capitan.

My issues were solved by installing SmoothMouse. I don't even use any features of the App but it did overwrite some settings and now everything is working fine!

Hope that helps anyone.