Big Black Sun

Hi,
I´m Bob I´m also new and very GREEN,
I spend a large part of my day on my IMac Flat Panel and love it to bits, but last night I noticed at the top of the screen three or four grape like things overhanging. they looked black but on inspection they had a glitter appearance, within two hours they had merged to make a ball two hours more and this thing from outer-space had doubled in size, its now the size of a table tennis ball and moving down the screen with a bright background glow.
Can anyone help or is this the beginning of the end ?
Regards
Bob

Hi there QueenofLondon,
From what you are describing, it sounds like you are describing an Accessibility function called Assistive Touch. It has a black box with a white circle inside that moves when you rotate the screen. Here is an article with a screenshot and instructions about how to turn it on or off:
Using AssistiveTouch on your iOS device - Apple Support
If that is not the case, can you elaborate a bit on where it is, where it moves, etc? A screenshot would be great too.
Take a screenshot on your iPhone
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling

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