macOS 15: The cursor disappears and does not reappear

[DWGIII]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues

Is your issue described in the documentation?

• [X] I have read the documentation

Is your issue present in the latest beta/pre-release?

None

Describe the Bug

When I enter text using the keyboard, the cursor disappears and the mouse cursor does not reappear. The cursor only reappears when I move the mouse around like crazy or click on the desktop to shrink all windows

Expected Behavior

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Additional Context

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Host Operating System

macOS

Operating System Version

15.1.1

Architecture

arm64/aarch64

Sunshine commit or version

af8ef237ad0b890e10b25a6184e2d095f9e2a260

Package

macOS - Homebrew

GPU Type

Apple Silicon

GPU Model

M4 Mini

GPU Driver/Mesa Version

M4 Mini

Capture Method

None

Config

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Apps

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Relevant log output

N/A

[achenjiefeng]

I have the same issue as you. I guess this is a bug in the sunshine-beta version. The official version of Sunshine might not have this problem, but currently, the official version can't be installed on macOS 15. So, we’ll just have to wait.

[lowprofileusername]

same as you.

[ReenigneArcher]

I don't think there were any changes to Sunshine to cause this, but instead to macOS itself.

[mingliao1994]

I'm running into the same issue you described. A temporary solution I've found is to press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C. This shows the local cursor, so you can still use it even when the remote cursor isn't displayed.

[DWGIII]

I'm running into the same issue you described. A temporary solution I've found is to press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C. This shows the local cursor, so you can still use it even when the remote cursor isn't displayed.

Great, this is indeed a temporary solution

[ouzc12358]

Have you hotsed on Mac? I am using macmini M4 trying to host it but seems it is not working , as the homebrew alaway fail , if you already hosted it , how ? thanks

[G-Ray]

Have you hotsed on Mac? I am using macmini M4 trying to host it but seems it is not working , as the homebrew alaway fail , if you already hosted it , how ? thanks

You can install the beta version with brew install sunshine-beta. (see https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine/issues/3180)

[hellooydodo]

To add, the issue can be trigged whenever typing in a textbox( url bar of browser, notepad, even commenting this), and reappears when quickly move mouse around Dock

[04041b]

same problem here

[loongson-zjl]

sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

xcode-select --install

brew install --verbose --debug sunshine-beta

you can try this .

[DWGIII]

sudo rm -rf /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

xcode-select --install

brew install --verbose --debug sunshine-beta

you can try this .

It doesn't work. I directly cloned the latest source code and compiled it.

[bobbybean]

i have this issue too.

1. When typing (eg. typing in terminal), the mouse cursor will dissapear and will only reappear by clicking on desktop. Ctrl shift c is a work around but not ideal

[04041b]

My work around is to just win+tab to switch window twice and the mouse will reappear

[marnas]

I'm facing the same problem, running sunshine-beta on a mac mini M1 and connecting with moonlight-qt.

Does anybody know what could be causing this?

[fayeinmay]

Just commenting to say I have the same issue running latest sunshine version on M1 and connecting with moonlight on Bazzite. Also tried both encoding/decoding methods.

[ev1502]

Has anyone tried on the macOS 26 beta?

[chrispouliot]

I am on Macos 26 Tahoe with sunshine-beta and connectiong from Linux through Moonlight Flatpak and I also keep having my mosue cursor dissapear. It comes back if I bring the mouse to where the dock is, and when it hovers over an app it reappears.

If I enable Optomize Mouse For Remote Desktop Instead Of Games in the config options, the mouse cursor stays visible.

[StefanoJK]

This still happening

[Unkn0wnCreator]

also have the problem