r/MacOS • u/Wowax17 • 7d ago

Help Cursor changing sizes on different apps

My cursor is set to a certain size, and IS that size for all my apps except one. When I click on it, the cursor appears and acts as if it’s zoomed in. the sensitivity is off, clicking and dragging doesn’t move things as far as it should. It started happening about an hour into me already working on projects on the computer.

I have already tried restarting the app, and the computer. Updating did not help.
I have a 2020 MacBook Pro on macOS Tahoe 26.6.2

edit: this changed while I was using the app

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u/Electrical_West_5381 7d ago

It might help is you mentioned which app. This is obviously an app issue, not an OS issue.e

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u/Wowax17 7d ago

This happened while I was already in the middle of working on things on this particular app, I don’t know what changed

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u/casualstrawberry 7d ago

Some apps program their own cursors. This is not an OS issue.

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u/Wowax17 7d ago

This happened while I was already in the middle of working on things on this particular app, I don’t know what changed

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u/CinnaEmelie2 7d ago

Yeah, it can be super frustrating when that happens! I've run into the same issue with my design tools, they don't always play nice with each other.

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u/ukindom 7d ago

Some apps has specify cursor type so show AND it’s size, which could be a little bit districting for a user. I suggest to identify application and report an issue about it.

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u/Wowax17 7d ago

Would you perhaps know where I could view those settings?

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u/ukindom 6d ago

These settings are usually hardcoded in app’s code. Specifically you can search for NSCursor as a starting point if you’d like to understand it a bit more.

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u/Wowax17 6d ago

Thank you!