Animated cursor not working when cursor is stationary

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Animated cursor not working when cursor is stationary

acjw84 opened this issue a year ago · 7 comments

Hello,

Sorry for the trouble. I've set up an animated cursor as per the instructions, but I've noticed that the cursor only displays the animation sometimes, usually when I'm moving the cursor or when its hovering over a button. Other times, it stays as a static image. Is this supposed to happen? If not, how should I fix it? Thank you.

Answer 1 · 2023-08-24T07:48:12.000Z

Hello acjw84,
it helps if you could let us now on which/what version of macOS you are and upload the animated cursor here, so we can test it out, to see if it is the cursor or your system.
Cheers, Nord

Answer 2 · 2023-08-24T08:02:37.000Z

Hi NordJan,

Thanks for your reply. I'm currently running 13.5.1. Attached is the cursor.

Answer 3 · 2023-08-24T08:07:49.000Z

Hoi acjw84, thanks for the upload. That seems to be a .png. Could you also upload the .cape file? So it can be opened in MouseCape directly.
Cheers, Nord

Answer 4 · 2024-05-03T22:00:12.000Z

Hoi acjw84, thanks for the upload. That seems to be a .png. Could you also upload the .cape file? So it can be opened in MouseCape directly. Cheers, Nord

Just saw this, and am having the same issue; We cannot seem to upload .cape files on here, could you just use his png file to make a cape just for arrow? Also iBeam doesn't work at all when I hover over any kind of text but that may be a separate issue because it happens in some (not all) non-animated cursors too.

Answer 5 · 2024-05-04T13:57:26.000Z

In order to upload a .cape file it is advised to zip it first, this should work.
Just re-read your message and I will try to use the .png to make an animated cursor and let you know.
Cheers, Nord

Answer 6 · 2024-09-04T14:43:59.000Z

hi Nord,
I'm getting the same issue, suspect it's the mac not refreshing the screen when nothing else has changed, i.e. when I play a video, the cursor animation is as expected, but if nothing is happening on my screen the cursor also doesn't update
frog.cape.zip

edit / I’m on the most recent mac version (14.6.1), M3 macbook air

Answer 7 · 2024-09-04T20:35:46.000Z

Hoi Fleuru, thanks for your confidence in me.
I have installed your frog.cape and it contains 4 animated cursors, right? The animation on my MBP (13" from 2018, so Intel) runs nicely.
I start to deduce that the non-animation is occurring on Mx processors only.
The only think to do is bear with this and wait until a next iteration is presented.
Cheers, Nord