Been happening for years on numerous different Macs. Glad to see I'm not alone.

Adobe is one mo-fo software company. Im not willing to pay a cent for illustrator until this annoyng bug get fixed! It has been years since you dont care about our problems.

its been years living with this problem . Very hard to draw. I have tried wacom and XP Pen screens and both have same problem

I have had, and complained about this issue to Adobe for roughly 8 years now...and it continues. A brand new Macbook Pro didn't even solve the issue, this has happened on 4 different Macs I have owned. I honestly can't understand how it can possibly not be addressed for such an inordinate amount of time. When I speak to Adobe they say they are aware of it - so why on earth is nothing done about it. It actually makes me feel ill trying to do precise work on illustrator and to have the cursor flickering like that, it causes a greta deal of eye strain. For a designer that works between Photoshop and Illustrator a great deal, it is a major major problem! We all pay a lot to use these programs and there a many things that are fantastic about them, but the fact that this issue can continue for nearly a decade for Mac users doesn't fill me with much hope and is quite frankly disgraceful. FIX IT PLEASE!!!

I know this is and has been an issue for a long time since googling it gets LOTS of complaints for years. I am using newest versions of AI and PSD and when both are running, the cursoR flickers in AI. It's like its on drugs and totally gets in way of workflow. It's been like this for several versions. Quiting PSD solves this, but why should you have to quit a program for another related program to work? PLEASE FIX! I'm paying $30 a month for these programs.

I don’t know what good complaining about it here will do, but at least I can get it off my chest.

THIS IS AN INFURIATING BUG AND IT IS INEXCUSABLE ADOBE WILL NOT ADDRESS IT

It also affects cursors in other applications. Whenever you want to resize a browser window or any other UI element with “handlebars”, the cursor flashes from the resize cursor and then back to a normal pointer. This misaligns the hotspot, which means you frequently “miss” the target when you click. It’s like Robert Hays’ drinking problem in Airplane The Movie; he keeps tossing water over his shoulder, missing his mouth by a foot. We keep groping for handlebars, and we keep missing them. We’re grabbing at air. POOF! You missed again.

Whenever this happens, I am reminded. “Oh, Photoshop. I have to quit Photoshop.” But I like keeping Photoshop open because I so frequently use it.

Same as everybody here, my cursor on Illustrator is constantly flickering from the illustrator tool cursor to default Mac cursor when I move it. Even a tiny move such as a vibration on the mouse makes it flicker. It has never happened when I was working on my Windows laptop. Super annoying when trying to do precise work. I have a Macbook Pro 16" 2021 Monterey. It also does it on InDesign.

This is still an issue with the latest releases of Illustrator and Photoshop. We shouldn't have to close Photoshop to have the behavior disappear. See my screen capture today attached or on Box.com: https://nic.box.com/s/hemehrwzo9fm0ye3evst9ma41x908ipp

This is the fix

https://youtu.be/gxAy45kyZGI

Can't have Illustrator and Photoshop open at the same time because the cursor/mouse arrow flickers in Illustrator when Photoshop is also open. Annoying, distracting, and has been a problem for a long time. This is the 3rd computer I've had with the issue. A few other threads are open. Can't understand why there are not more votes for those bugs as I see long, long threads of conversations and multiple youtube videos offering the fix for this problem. Please, please, pretty please fix this! You would be my hero.

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator-discussions/cursor-flickers-in-illustrator-2019-when-photoshop-is-open-on-mac-mojave/td-p/10913005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJzysLNOS2c

https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-bugs/suggestions/31215286-flickering-cursor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXWSy0xFdyc

Yes, close this ticket, great! Sending an email to sharewithai@adobe.com with no response for 2 month! Adobe, you're a great team.

The problem occurs all the time in Illustrator the Cursor is constantly flickering from the illustrator cursor to default mac one. It constantly changes, it has become impossible to work on. I have a Macbook Air 13" M1 2020. Does anybody have an idea how to fix this?

They will never fix it, never and it is annoying...

still have this issue

i demand this get fixed now!!!

https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop/photoshop-being-open-causes-infuriating-cursor-flicker/m-p/11660863?page=1

https://community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/flickering-cursor/td-p/6724707/page/6

I habe the same problem: If there is one Document open in psd, the Cursor flickers in different other programs – it changes its form from the tool tu the norma cursor very quickly. This problem occurs ind indd, illustrator, Safari, mail eg. when i close all doks ind psd the problem is gone. BUT: I´m workin parallel with all programs, interactive, so i cant always close documents to erase this problem.

Please Adobe fix this problem – in my opinion the problem is bases partially to the tool settings in PSD!

iMac (Retina 5K, 27", 2020) 3,6 GHz 10-Core Intel Core i9, Catalina, Adobe CC latest, AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB

I habe the same problem: If there is one Document open in psd, the Cursor flickers in different other programs – it changes its form from the tool tu the norma cursor very quickly. This problem occurs ind indd, illustrator, Safari, mail eg. when i close all doks ind psd the problem is gone. BUT: I´m workin parallel with all programs, interactive, so i cant always close documents to erase this problem.

Please Adobe fix this problem – in my opinion the problem is bases partially to the tool settings in PSD!

iMac (Retina 5K, 27", 2020) 3,6 GHz 10-Core Intel Core i9, Catalina, Adobe CC latest, AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB

I habe the same problem: If there is one Document open in psd, the Cursor flickers in different other programs – it changes its form from the tool tu the norma cursor very quickly. This problem occurs ind indd, illustrator, Safari, mail eg. when i close all doks ind psd the problem is gone. BUT: I´m workin parallel with all programs, interactive, so i cant always close documents to erase this problem.

Please Adobe fix this problem – in my opinion the problem is bases partially to the tool settings in PSD!

iMac (Retina 5K, 27", 2020) 3,6 GHz 10-Core Intel Core i9, Catalina, Adobe CC latest, AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB

Still happening after many years - brand new Mac Pro with lots of RAM and the latest install of Adobe CC.

Please fix this. I have upgraded to a brand new Mac Pro 2020 and the first software installed is Adobe CC... nothing else is on here and I have exactly the same problem that's been bugging me for years. If anything it's worse on this new kit. Do a bit of work in Photoshop then try to use Illustrator or InDesign and the cursor flickers (e.g. changing state from pointer to hand) making both programmes unusable. I shouldn't have to hide or close Photoshop whenever I need to work in Illustrator (or InDesign).