Mouse cursor keeps disappearing in 10.9

Several times my mouse cursor has just danced off the screen totally, like it has a mind of it's own. Then the screen is frozen, I can't use shortcuts to save and I'm forced to hit the power button to shut down since the keyboard shortcuts won't work. Then when I restart the computer my external drive doesn't show up, so I have to use the the disk utility to repair permissions on my main drive. This iMac is only 2 months old. What is going on with the gremlin cursor. I have the plug-in keyboard and mouse. Don't have a trackpad.

The cursor dissappears whenever you type on the keyboard. It just always happens globally.

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Ever since I've installed 10.7 I notice that the mouse cursor has a tendency to keep dissappearing in most apps, particularly Safari. For example, like when I click a text box to type an email in Hotmail. The cursor dissappears and only re-appears when I move the mouse to get the cursor out of the program app. But after it reappears, I got back to Safari it gets hidden again. This is very frustrating indeed as I have no idea where the mouse is on the page.
As a matter of fact, as I enter this question in the text box, the cursor has completely dissappeared and only reappears (but then quickly hides again) when I go inside and outside of the text block. I know normally the cursor would dissappear when I started typing, but this happens even when I'm not and I'm shaking the mouse to try to unhide it
However it seems to happen in other apps as well, but is most frequently happening in Safari probably mostly since that is my most common app.

The cursor dissappears whenever you type on the keyboard. It just always happens globally.

Why does my cursor keep disappearing in the Google search bar?

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No sir, there are no other tabs open, when it happens. For now, I've found a workaround, and I invite you to test it yourself.
I've been working on this problem all day. I've noticed that the cursor blinks very slowly in the Google search bar. If you press a key while the cursor is blinking "off", it will stay off until you let go of what key you're pressing. Conversely, if you press a key while the cursor is blinking "on", the cursor will remain visible as you type.
In IE, the cursor blinks much more rapidly, and blinks more "on" than "off." As a result the cursor remains on, no matter what you type or when, or what key you press, including the spacebar. This is not the case in FF or Chrome.
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The link for google with autocomplete disabled is http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=0
Go there and see if you notice a difference in the blink speed of the cursor. On my computer, the difference is drastic. While I do enjoy "auto-complete" and will miss this feature, I generally don't rely on it, and much prefer a consistent cursor.
I greatly look forward to your feedback on this. If you figure out a way to have Google work normally without this workaround, I will be forever in your debt.

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I have OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), & my cursor has just recently started disappearing!
This did´nt happen in Lion.
The cursor just goes invisable at random, but mostly when I switch between Tabs mostly when I´m in Safari.
I then swipe to another App (Like Finder or something), then back to Safari & there it is!
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Processor 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
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Jany --
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to come across that way.
I was just trying to suggest turning them ALL off to see if that helped.
If things were way better, the user could put one back at a time, which
would find the culprit.
Sorry, all this Flash stuff and suspicions of evil doing somehow
caught up with me.
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Thanks Linda but I'm not using a wireless mouse - or a USB hub. The issue occurs if the mouse is plugged into the apple keyboard or directly into the Macbook Pro.
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Jany --
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to come across that way.
I was just trying to suggest turning them ALL off to see if that helped.
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I can't type it's so frustrating! Every 10 or so letters I type I have to reclick on the area I'm typing to be able to continue. It stops and then makes some stupid sound. To type this I had to reset the cursor 12 times.
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Since this is a MacBook Pro, you might ask your question in that forum; this forum is for iMac users.
You might check to see if the problem still happens when you Safe Boot Mac OS X. If the problem isn't there when you Safe Boot, then it's probably related to a third-party program or startup item.
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