How to Use Where Is My Cursor

Where Is My Cursor - Mouse Highlighter

Keep your pointer easy to follow in presentations, screen shares, online classes, and recordings.

Turn on the mouse halo

A bright ring follows your cursor everywhere. Pick a circle, square, or rounded square, then set the color, size, thickness, opacity, and glow to suit the screen you’re on. It can also hide itself when the mouse stops moving.

Dim everything but the cursor

Hold Control and the screen darkens except for the area around your pointer. Use it when you want the room looking at one spot and nothing else. Pick a circle, square, or rounded square, and scroll while holding Control to change the size of the bright area.

Draw on the screen

Hold Option and move the mouse to draw over whatever is on screen. Press Command to erase everything you drew.

• Option + 1 to 5 switches between freehand, arrow, rectangle, circle, and numbered markers.
• With numbered markers chosen, hold Option and click to stamp 1, 2, 3 in order.
• Option + Z undoes the last stroke. Markers stay.
• Scroll while holding Option to change the line width or marker size.
• Turn on automatic erasing and your drawings fade out after a few seconds.

Add a sound to every click

Click sounds play on every click. Choose one of six built-in macOS system sounds and set the volume.

Shortcuts

• Control + Option + M turns the app on or off from anywhere.
• Spotlight, drawing, and erase can each require Shift as well, so they never go off by accident.

Good to know

• The app collects nothing. No network connection, no analytics, no tracking, and every setting stays on your Mac.
• Free, with no ads and no in-app purchases.