Cursor Highlight

A lightweight macOS menu bar app that draws a colored circle around your cursor, making it easy to find on screen. Supports multiple displays.

Installation

Download the latest .dmg from Releases, open it, and drag Cursor Highlight to your Applications folder.

Bypassing Gatekeeper

Since the app is not signed with an Apple Developer certificate, macOS will block it by default. Use one of these methods to open it:

Option 1: Right-click to open (simplest)

1. Open Finder and navigate to the app
2. Right-click (or Control-click) on Cursor Highlight
3. Select Open from the context menu
4. Click Open in the dialog that appears

You only need to do this once. After that, the app will open normally.

Option 2: Allow in System Settings

1. Double-click the app — macOS will show a warning and refuse to open it
2. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security
3. Scroll down to the Security section
4. You'll see a message about Cursor Highlight being blocked — click Open Anyway
5. Enter your password when prompted

Option 3: Remove the quarantine attribute

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Cursor\ Highlight.app

Building from source

Requirements

• macOS 10.15+
• Swift 5.7+ (included with Xcode or Xcode Command Line Tools)

Build and run

# Build the app bundle and create a .dmg
./build-app.sh

# Run the app
open "Cursor Highlight.app"

Development

# Build and run directly with Swift
swift build
.build/debug/CursorHighlight