CS5 Magic Wand Tool Question

I have a new Mac and I just got CS5. I find that the Magic Wand tool works differently than it did with CS3 on my PC.
First, I'm used to being able to see the "marching ants" as I select the areas. In CS5/Mac they don't appear until the area is selected. Is there are setting in CS5 for the Mac that will let me do this?
Second, the tool is refusing to select an area in the center of the image that is the same color as the background. I don't know why this is happening.
Third, at a certain point, the tool just selects the entire image.
And one more thing: The wand size is much larger relative to the image than it was in CS3/PC. I would like to change it, but I do not see an option to change the brush size.

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