I was able to fix the disappearing cursor problem by not loading the Direct Cursors plugin. (Put a ~ in front of the DirectCursors plugin folder name to disable it).
If you have a Direct Cursors plugin, give it a try…
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"DirectCursors is only used on MacOS 9, and will not be loaded on MacOS X." That’s a quote right out of the DirectCursors READ ME…so it doesn’t really apply to CS users does it?
Hmmm. So it’s hard coded in CS now? Oh yeah…its gotta be Apple’s fault.
The disappearing cursor during an "Add to Selection" operation has to be the #1 most annoying bug in my book. It’s been around for how long? I’d really love to see this one squashed.
My G5 at work has the disappearing cursor bug (add shape tool only). I have a Mac Pro with 10.4.8 at home and it works just fine. This is totally random apparently. I’ve had issue in the past losing my cursor on my second monitor only. I wonder if this could be a second monitor deal. Anyone experiencing this on a single monitor machine? Anyway, I hope this is fixed soon because it is truly frustrating.
Renaud, if the cursor disappears try tapping on the Shift key (I use the one on the left side of the keyboard). That has always brought the cursor back for me.
I am using two monitors, but my image is always on the primary monitor.
Thanks for the feedback. I tried the Shift key without any luck. I think it is weird though that Apple is being blamed for this. Why would one cursor from one tool not work? The pen tool set to add works fine. I don’t see how this is at all related to an OS issue. To me, Adobe is again stalling on the bug fixes in order to get more features in. I say get a stable Photoshop before adding new features that I don’t really need. There are countless number or bugs that were in previous versions that still exist in CS2 (layer comps moving layers randomly, transparent pixels ignored for align and distribute, etc…) Why can’t they get fixed? Sorry for the rant. Just a tad frustrated over here 🙂
I found a solution to the disappearing cursor. If your using a 3rd party mouse , put it away and use an apple mouse. My cursor appeared at the clck of an off switch.
the cursor sticking on the wrong icon happens in 10.3.9 as well…it has done it on all on our machines and seems to do it after working for a period of time on files that need a lot of disk activity. Usually I see it on brushes with a crosshair in it or a stuck brush that accompanies a visit to the desktop or the line tool’s cross hair that doesnt translate into a hand.
I’ve got used to ignoring it. Never had it dissapear.
I was able to fix this buy putting a "~" in front of "AdobeLargeCursorPanther.bundle" and "AdobeLargeCursor.bundle". I don’t know if this will cause any other problems, but it fixed this one.
You can access these two plug-ins by right clicking on the Photoshop icon and selecting "Show Package Contents" -> Contents -> Plug-ins
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