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  • strangest problem I’ve ever seen.

    Posted by The Dagfather on August 20, 2007 at 1:13 pm

    I’ve just cleaned my mac.

    It’s a dual 2ghz, 3.5 gb ram, OSX 10.4.10

    When I started the mac the first time, I saw a square just about the size of the mouse arrow.

    Whenever I start something new like open an extra page in finder. A square around the mouse arrow stays in the new image.

    This happens with everything I do.

    The best way to explain to show it in pictures.
    https://bildr.no/view/94953

    As you can see under “Skrivebord” there is a blue square. There is also a grey area on the left side of the picture.

    I have no idea about what to do.

    The hardware check turned out ok.

    PLEASE HELP ME!!!

    Craig Alan replied 18 years, 9 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Craig Alan

    August 21, 2007 at 2:15 am

    maybe this:

    ssue or symptom

    After installing the Mac OS X 10.4.8 Update, a black rectangle may appear around the cursor and follow the pointer’s movement.

    Products affected

    Mac OS X 10.4.8
    Solution

    From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
    From the View menu, choose Universal Access.
    Click the Seeing tab.
    Click Options.
    Deselect “Show preview rectangle when zoomed out”.
    Click Done.

    OSX 10.4.7; Quicksilver Dual 1 gig; FCP 4.5, 3.0.4; Sony camcorder vx2000/pd170; write professionally for a variety of media;teach video production in L.A.

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    August 21, 2007 at 3:26 am

    [The Dagfather] “I’ve just cleaned my mac. “

    What exactly do you mean by cleaned?
    Physically cleaned, or cleared off the hard drive by erasing and installing?

  • The Dagfather

    August 21, 2007 at 6:12 am

    Cleaned as in, a clean install. Formated the harddrive.

    By the way. I have now cleaned the front of the cabinet as well. 🙂

  • The Dagfather

    August 21, 2007 at 6:18 am

    This was allready deselected. Thanks for the advice though.

    Any other ideas?

  • Craig Alan

    August 21, 2007 at 8:46 am

    repair permissions.

    do a search under help for mouse and read all the possible issues.

    OSX 10.4.7; Quicksilver Dual 1 gig; FCP 4.5, 3.0.4; Sony camcorder vx2000/pd170; write professionally for a variety of media;teach video production in L.A.

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