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evyoung
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Oct 1, 2012, 01:27 PM
 
Ever since I upgraded my aging Mac Pro (early 2008) to Mountain Lion, I have had a problem with losing the cursor. It has happened in Pages while I was setting up a table, and it has happened twice this morning in inDesign CS5. The cursor simply disappears, and the only thing I know to do is save and quit (Pressing ESC or zooming in or out doesn't do anything). The cursor shows up then in other windows and on the desktop, and it is there when I reopen the application.

Anyone else having this problem? Any suggestions?

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Ev
     
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Oct 3, 2012, 10:27 PM
 
Does it come back if you switch apps with cmd-tab?

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evyoung  (op)
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Oct 4, 2012, 09:58 AM
 
I haven't tried cmd-tab. And strangely, I haven't had the problem in the past day or two. Next time it happens, I'll try cmd-tab.

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Oct 4, 2012, 10:18 AM
 
My cursor disappeared again. Cmd-tab worked! The cursor came back.

Thanks for your help.

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