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Cursorcerer Alternatives

Cursorcerer

Cursorcerer is a little tool I hacked together which allows you to hide the cursor at any time by use of a global hotkey. It can also autohide an idle cursor and bring it back as soon as you move the mouse.

The inspiration for this tool is one of my favorite and most utilized OS X features: the control-scrollwheel zoom trick. I use it all the time to make things like embedded web videos full screen. The trick’s only major downfall is that it’s a constant battle to get the cursor out of the way.

To install, just double click on the prefpane. Hit control-option-k to zap and unzap the cursor. If you want to uninstall, go to ~/Library/PreferencePanes/ and trash Cursorcerer.

The technique behind this global cursor hiding hack originates in a useful post to the Apple carbon-dev mailing list from Red Sweater’s Daniel Jalkut.

Update: Cursorcerer has been updated to a 64-bit version that runs smoothly in the latest versions of MacOS. The minimum idle hiding threshold has also been lowered at the request of some users. Legacy users can grab the 32-bit version here.

Best Free Cursorcerer Alternatives

Looking for a program that is like Cursorcerer? We have our top picks here. If you need another program that has some of the features of Cursorcerer on your device, read what we recommend in this post.

AutoHideMouseCursor

AutoHideMouseCursor

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AutoHideMouseCursor is a small portable Windows application that allows you to hide the mouse cursor, if this does not move.

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