Once it opens, click the “Display” icon in the left sidebar, then select the “Pointer” tab on the right side of the app. Open the System Preferences App and click the “Accessibility” icon. If you every decide to change it, you can go back to that same area and pick new colors, or hit the “Reset Colors” button to return the cursor to its default black and white Monterey and earlier That’s because the change won’t be fully set until the Settings app has been closed. You may notice the cursor changes back to its default color a couple of times while moving it around. You can then make changes, or close that window and change the other color item. Once you’ve picked the color, you can see how your change looks by slowly moving the cursor outside the window and to the desktop or another window. Now scroll down to the pointer section and you’ll see the “Pointer outline color” currently set to white and “Pointer fill color” set to black.Ĭlicking on one of these colors will bring up the color picker in a new smaller window, and from there you can select your color from the color wheel or click one of the other headers in the picker window to change the color with sliders, existing color palettes, etc. Click on that, then click on “Display” on the right hand side of the app. Open the Settings app and scroll down the left sidebar until you see “Accessibility”. If you’re looking to add a little of own personality to your Mac, or you want to improve your cursor’s visibility, here’s a quick guide on how to do so.

Change the color of your cursor