Brush tip preference

using mac OS 10.6.8 with CS5 Xtnd: I don't get it! When I first began using this app (and I've spent much time swearing at it with no result) and until recently and in either normal or full size mode showing xhairs and whether I use as paint or erase the effect is always considerably less than the diameter of the tip. What is with this? I require a tip that goes right to the edge of what is supposed to be the tip....as it is there is abolutely nothing precise about this. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

Much thanks to R_Kelly. This fixed the problem. It was really driving us crazy!!!
The cursor was not set to normal causing this issue.
Simply it is in System Preferences / Universal access then the mouse or mouse/trackpad tab. Set cursor to normal.
Here is a link with instructions on how to find this in OSX.
http://etc.usf.edu/techease/4all/vision/how-do-i-increase-the-size-of-the-cursor-in-mac-os -x/
Thanks again..

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