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by: Thomas E. - Thu, 11 Nov 2021 01:54 UTC

So I'm trying to increase the mouse pointer size. I open Preferences and look under the Mouse, Trackpad and Display categories. No Joy.

WHERE IS IT?

Unlike BakerBoy and his recent MS Word rant I actually tried to explore for an answer. That worked.

Googled "Mac pointer size". Found the setting buried under Accessibility/Display. Not like I can't see the darned thing, just wanted to make it a little bigger. Sort of makes since there, but why not under Mouse or Trackpad????

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by: Alan - Thu, 11 Nov 2021 02:01 UTC

On 2021-11-10 5:54 p.m., Thomas E. wrote:
> So I'm trying to increase the mouse pointer size. I open Preferences and look under the Mouse, Trackpad and Display categories. No Joy.
>
> WHERE IS IT?

There's a search box in the System Preferences window at the top right.

What do you think it might be there for, idiot?

>
> Unlike BakerBoy and his recent MS Word rant I actually tried to explore for an answer. That worked.
>
> Googled "Mac pointer size". Found the setting buried under Accessibility/Display. Not like I can't see the darned thing, just wanted to make it a little bigger. Sort of makes since there, but why not under Mouse or Trackpad????
>

Making a choice you don't agree with isn't idiocy, idiot...

....and is different from choosing to label a command as something it
does not do.

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by: Thomas E. - Thu, 11 Nov 2021 04:12 UTC

On Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 9:01:55 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
> On 2021-11-10 5:54 p.m., Thomas E. wrote:
> > So I'm trying to increase the mouse pointer size. I open Preferences and look under the Mouse, Trackpad and Display categories. No Joy.
> >
> > WHERE IS IT?
> There's a search box in the System Preferences window at the top right.
>
> What do you think it might be there for, idiot?
> >
> > Unlike BakerBoy and his recent MS Word rant I actually tried to explore for an answer. That worked.
> >
> > Googled "Mac pointer size". Found the setting buried under Accessibility/Display. Not like I can't see the darned thing, just wanted to make it a little bigger. Sort of makes since there, but why not under Mouse or Trackpad????
> >
> Making a choice you don't agree with isn't idiocy, idiot...
>
> ...and is different from choosing to label a command as something it
> does not do.

I seem to recall you as critical of Microsoft's placement of mouse settings...LOL

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by: Alan - Thu, 11 Nov 2021 05:57 UTC

On 2021-11-10 8:12 p.m., Thomas E. wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 9:01:55 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
>> On 2021-11-10 5:54 p.m., Thomas E. wrote:
>>> So I'm trying to increase the mouse pointer size. I open Preferences and look under the Mouse, Trackpad and Display categories. No Joy.
>>>
>>> WHERE IS IT?
>> There's a search box in the System Preferences window at the top right.
>>
>> What do you think it might be there for, idiot?
>>>
>>> Unlike BakerBoy and his recent MS Word rant I actually tried to explore for an answer. That worked.
>>>
>>> Googled "Mac pointer size". Found the setting buried under Accessibility/Display. Not like I can't see the darned thing, just wanted to make it a little bigger. Sort of makes since there, but why not under Mouse or Trackpad????
>>>
>> Making a choice you don't agree with isn't idiocy, idiot...
>>
>> ...and is different from choosing to label a command as something it
>> does not do.
>
> I seem to recall you as critical of Microsoft's placement of mouse settings...LOL
>

No, actually, Idiot.

What I was critical of was that the settings for the mouse were
scattered through two locations: Settings, Control Panel. Two separate
pieces of software which duplicated some functionality but not other parts.

And you don't seem to acknowledge that you might simply have tried using
the prominent search feature built in to the System Preference user
interface to find the setting you wanted, Idiot.

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by: Thomas E. - Fri, 12 Nov 2021 21:51 UTC

On Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 12:57:31 AM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
> On 2021-11-10 8:12 p.m., Thomas E. wrote:
> > On Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 9:01:55 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
> >> On 2021-11-10 5:54 p.m., Thomas E. wrote:
> >>> So I'm trying to increase the mouse pointer size. I open Preferences and look under the Mouse, Trackpad and Display categories. No Joy.
> >>>
> >>> WHERE IS IT?
> >> There's a search box in the System Preferences window at the top right.
> >>
> >> What do you think it might be there for, idiot?
> >>>
> >>> Unlike BakerBoy and his recent MS Word rant I actually tried to explore for an answer. That worked.
> >>>
> >>> Googled "Mac pointer size". Found the setting buried under Accessibility/Display. Not like I can't see the darned thing, just wanted to make it a little bigger. Sort of makes since there, but why not under Mouse or Trackpad????
> >>>
> >> Making a choice you don't agree with isn't idiocy, idiot...
> >>
> >> ...and is different from choosing to label a command as something it
> >> does not do.
> >
> > I seem to recall you as critical of Microsoft's placement of mouse settings...LOL
> >
> No, actually, Idiot.
>
> What I was critical of was that the settings for the mouse were
> scattered through two locations: Settings, Control Panel. Two separate
> pieces of software which duplicated some functionality but not other parts.
>
> And you don't seem to acknowledge that you might simply have tried using
> the prominent search feature built in to the System Preference user
> interface to find the setting you wanted, Idiot.

I did. It suggested 4, yes 4, possible places.

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by: Alan - Fri, 12 Nov 2021 22:06 UTC

On 2021-11-12 1:51 p.m., Thomas E. wrote:
> On Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 12:57:31 AM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
>> On 2021-11-10 8:12 p.m., Thomas E. wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 9:01:55 PM UTC-5, Alan wrote:
>>>> On 2021-11-10 5:54 p.m., Thomas E. wrote:
>>>>> So I'm trying to increase the mouse pointer size. I open Preferences and look under the Mouse, Trackpad and Display categories. No Joy.
>>>>>
>>>>> WHERE IS IT?
>>>> There's a search box in the System Preferences window at the top right.
>>>>
>>>> What do you think it might be there for, idiot?
>>>>>
>>>>> Unlike BakerBoy and his recent MS Word rant I actually tried to explore for an answer. That worked.
>>>>>
>>>>> Googled "Mac pointer size". Found the setting buried under Accessibility/Display. Not like I can't see the darned thing, just wanted to make it a little bigger. Sort of makes since there, but why not under Mouse or Trackpad????
>>>>>
>>>> Making a choice you don't agree with isn't idiocy, idiot...
>>>>
>>>> ...and is different from choosing to label a command as something it
>>>> does not do.
>>>
>>> I seem to recall you as critical of Microsoft's placement of mouse settings...LOL
>>>
>> No, actually, Idiot.
>>
>> What I was critical of was that the settings for the mouse were
>> scattered through two locations: Settings, Control Panel. Two separate
>> pieces of software which duplicated some functionality but not other parts.
>>
>> And you don't seem to acknowledge that you might simply have tried using
>> the prominent search feature built in to the System Preference user
>> interface to find the setting you wanted, Idiot.
>
> I did. It suggested 4, yes 4, possible places.
>

<sigh>

Idiot, Idiot.

Type "pointer" into the search box:

<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PZE34mvTqYLoXzxU9NN1X9aMvHxej01m/view?usp=sharing>

Note the suggestions that pop up below the box:

"Head Pointer
Alternate Pointer Actions
Shake mouse pointer to locate
Cursor size..."

Wait! What? "Cursor size"???

What do you suppose that might mean, Idiot?

Let's click on it and see what happens!

<https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SDddU7lzgHLTCd8S-x7eE0AWuAPbR7EB/view?usp=sharing>

Why? Look at that, Idiot!

It took you precisely where you said you wanted to go.

So you claim you "did" try it...

....but apparently ignored what it presented.

That's precisely why you've got yourself a new name, Idiot.

Neutrinos are into physicists.

computers / comp.sys.mac.advocacy / Re: Mac OS idiocy

Subject	Author
Mac OS idiocy	Thomas E.
Re: Mac OS idiocy	Alan
Re: Mac OS idiocy	Thomas E.
Re: Mac OS idiocy	Alan
Re: Mac OS idiocy	Thomas E.
Re: Mac OS idiocy	Alan