Cursor turned into a cross

My cursor turned into a plus sign and when I try to select something in it it spazzes. I'm having trouble working with it.

Do SMC and PRAM reset.
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support
OS X Mavericks: Reset your computer’s PRAM

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Thomas,
What you are referring to is called the Spinning Beach Ball of Death and can be caused by many things. One of the most prominent is a lack of RAM. Keep Activity Monitor open (Applications - Utilities - Activity Monitor) and the next time you have a SBBOD take a look at AM and see how much Free RAM you have. You will find this information under the System Memory tab. As a general rule of thumb if it's less than 500MB you probably need a RAM upgrade.
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As far as I know, mighty mouse software (in System Preferences If I am not mistaken) allows one to bring customisations to the cursor used.
There is a "haxie" program also called "Mighty Mouse" that does this, hyphen. Its not the same thing as the Mighty Mouse System Prefs panel, though.
THe Universal Access System Prefs will let you change the SIZE of the cursor, but not the shape.
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Took to Genius Bar but since it was not doing it at the time they said to just document it when it happened again.
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Mac OS X (10.4.6)
Use Software Update to update your os to 10.4.11 and anything else that needs to be updated. Afterwards, repair permissions and restart your computer. If the issue returnes with no peripherals attached to your computer, take the computer right back the repair shop.

When clicking on a link within a pdf nothing happens. When I mouse over the link the cursor turns into a finger/hand with a W at the bottom.

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Hi,
This could happen due to a conflict between the browser(IE) and HP Smart Web Printing Add-On. You can run Microsoft fix it to solve the problem.
Click on the link below to directly run the fix it :
Fix it for me Or,
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969227
Note:
If you have HP Support Assistant installed on the computer(The Blue Question Mark) then open it ==> Complete all pending Updates & Tuneups==> Restart and Check. It may solve your problem
Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
**Click on “Kudos” Star if you think this reply helped** Or Mark it as "Solved" if issue got fixed.

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*See --> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Uninstalling+add-ons
*See --> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cannot%20uninstall%20an%20add-on
*See --> http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars
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*See --> [http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+plugins Troubleshooting plugins]
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Steve.
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"The only way to fix this is force quit the program (or if I can see the game still) I have to make it non-full screen"
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>The feature is a time waster. Hitting t on the keyboard is much more accurate and doesn't involve command-z or escape then switching BACK to the desired tool when a double click has accidentally occurred. I realize this is my opinion and may not be shared by Nini's "most users," whomever they are.
But double-clicking
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Dear Mac community,
On my MacPro, the cursor often turns into the hand icon,
andclicks on web site buttons and links do not work. For example, I
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                                                            Aitch51

johnb-one,
          Thanks very much for taking the time and effort to reply.
         To provide you with more data, the same
problem occurs in the Safari, Firefox and Chrome
browsers. I am using a Logitech MX performance mouse
that uses the left panel for left-clicking.
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          b. cleared out the history data from
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I am having trouble reloading the Logitech MX Performance
mouse configuration utility. (After install, I get a message
that install succeeded but I can't find the icon to launch it.)
I will let you know what happens when I get it to run.
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diagnosis of the underlying problem.
                                                                              Aitch51

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