Enlarged Cursor

Today I turned my computer on, and woah, a huge cursor appeared. It was just a large pixelated white arrow. I am not sure how to change the size of the cursor. Nothing else is enlarged. Does anyone know what this is all about? I restarted, and still the same.

as a guess, try looking in System Preferences - Universal Access - Mouse&Trackpad, see if cursor size is set to normal or large.
could be some other issue causing it though.

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Looks like you've made some changes in the Universal Access/Accessibility section of System Preferences. You can change (back) the cursor size and alter the contrast there.
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This is just one of the glitches you'll find in Apple Mac OS X. One day something works and the next, or a few hours later, it doesn't. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for it. It just happens.
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Attachments:
custom_cursor.llb ‏42 KB

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