The mouse pointer (still) disappears when using the color picker

Someone suggested to start a new discussion, since the old writing is a couple of years now. Thanks for the tip!

Whenever I select a color using the eyedropper icon small (used to be a magnifying glass) in the color picker, the cursor goes away after I made the choice of colors.

I have that experience under El Capitan, but I had the same problem in Yosemite as well as Mavericks and on Mac computers. I've seen this behaviour being reported in the forum for older versions, such as the Mountain Lion, but never with a real solution (workaround has been on creating a new user and delete the old).

I hope someone has a solution for now.

The eyedropper tool worked very well for me and still does (I just checked).

If creating a new user solves the problem then, you have some corrupted in your account settings, or, less likely, you run an application (possibly a connection point) which is the origin of the problem.

Hold down the option key, and then use

Finder > go > library

menu item. You have a folder 'ColorPickers? If so, is it empty?

C.

Tags: Mac OS & System Software

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