M1 MacBook Air Cursor Disappears

[developeralioz]

Friends, on my newly purchased MacBook Air M1 chip computer, the mouse cursor sometimes disappears out of nowhere. When I do Command + Tab or Command + Q, it comes back. Has anyone had a problem like this before? How can we solve this problem?

The computer arrived yesterday. This problem bothered me a lot.

MacOS version 11.4 is installed. So the latest version of macOS is installed.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Although I haven't experienced that problem nor I have I seen other posts on here about it, the Apple Community has several unresolved posts with the same problem.

MacBook Pro M1 mouse cursor disappears - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

 

[developeralioz]

Although I haven't experienced that problem nor I have I seen other posts on here about it, the Apple Community has several unresolved posts with the same problem.

MacBook Pro M1 mouse cursor disappears - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

Yes, I've seen those too. But I couldn't find a solution.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Yes, I've seen those too. But I couldn't find a solution.

It doesn't look like there is one, yet. I would definitely contact Apple Support via text chat or phone call and get a case number recorded with bug.

 

[mi7chy]

Using trackpad or external mouse?

 

[dmccloud]

If you have an external mouse connected (whether wirelessly like the Magic Mouse or wired), I have noticed similar issues in situations where the external mouse button is being held down (whether by setting something on top of the mouse, forgetting to turn it off before putting it in your laptop bag, etc.). When I disconnected the external mouse, everything returned to normal operation.

 

[developeralioz]

Using trackpad or external mouse?

I am using Macbook Air's own Trackpad.

 

[developeralioz]

If you have an external mouse connected (whether wirelessly like the Magic Mouse or wired), I have noticed similar issues in situations where the external mouse button is being held down (whether by setting something on top of the mouse, forgetting to turn it off before putting it in your laptop bag, etc.). When I disconnected the external mouse, everything returned to normal operation.

I also encounter this problem when I am not using an external mouse.

 

[mi7chy]

I am using Macbook Air's own Trackpad.

Haven't run across that one on my MBA M1. I'd suggest doing a clean install of Big Sur from recovery which I did early on with 11.1 and haven't run into those strange uncommon issues.

 

[maternidad]

I use an M1 MacBook Pro and have this problem regularly. It seems to occur while watching videos in Safari, and is resolved by opening Mission Control.

 

[mi7chy]

I use an M1 MacBook Pro and have this problem regularly. It seems to occur while watching videos in Safari, and is resolved by opening Mission Control.

Interesting if that triggers it. I mostly use Chrome but even when I use Safari to watch YouTube I haven't come across that issue.

 

[Ben J.]

I've experienced this across different macs and different OSes in recent years, and I found out early that an immediate fix is to move the invisible pointer to the application menu and click - pointer turns visible. I haven't seen it for a year or so, suddenly it's back. I haven't installed, upgraded or changed anything substantial lately. I think this is something buried deep somewhere in code and perhaps hardware. But what do I know.

 

[Internaut]

If the mouse pointer goes missing on me, I find moving my finger around the trackpad very vast reveals it, temporarily enlarged.