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#Mac cursor finder application for windows mac os x
#Mac cursor finder application for windows mac os

Within the TextEdit window, the cursor should always be a vertical line while TextEdit has focus. Place the TextEdit window overlapping behind the Finder window, and click back and forth between the two windows, changing the focus. Open one instance of TextEdit, and one instance of Finder.

One specific way to break the cursor: Overlap two Windows.

It helps to open and close windows, and change the focus around.

Manipulate windows with actions that will change the cursor, until the cursor image breaks.

I was using Windows 8.1, and TigerVNC 64 bit 1.9.0.

Install the TigerVNC client on a Windows machine.

(Note: The above terminal command, and the VNC server bug that it fixes, are described here: Sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/ VNCAlwaysStartOnConsole -bool true This fixes a server-side bug where TigerVNC (or other VNC clients) can get stuck on the login screen.

Run this line on the server, in the mac "Terminal" application.

The built-in OSX VNC server is now enabled. Click the checkbox labeled "VNC viewers may control screen with password", and enter a connection password.

Click the button labeled "Computer Settings.". Click the checkbox to enable "Screen Sharing". To turn on the built-in VNC server, click the Apple menu>System preferences>Sharing.

#Mac cursor finder application for windows mac os

You will need (any) Mac machine running the latest Mac OS X, which is "Mac OS X Mojave" as of this writing. As the screenshot shows, the corner resize cursor never changed back to a normal mouse "arrow" image, even after moving the mouse around for a bit. While I was clicking the close button, the cursor was still showing the "corner resize" cursor image. Right before I took the screenshot, I closed an application window. So in some cases, the incorrect cursor image can persist indefinitely long. This is not just a "delay" in updating the cursor image, it's permanent until another mouse image event overrides it. (The cursor is "incorrect" in comparison to the native cursor being simultaneously displayed on a monitor directly connected to the server machine).

#Mac cursor finder application for windows mac os x

When connecting to the built-in Mac OS X Mojave VNC server, the mouse cursor will often display an incorrect cursor image in the TigerVNC client.