# On a Hallowe'en night, why is my cursor possessed?

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**Created:** [November 1, 2015, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-a-halloween-night-why-is-my-cursor-possessed/736314 "2015-11-01T04:59:08Z")\
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The cursor on my Mac is possessed!

I’m sitting here, and every so often the cursor just starts moving horizontally all by itself. And sometimes when I try to move it with the touchpad, it won’t go where I want it to go.

Any ideas why? or what I can do to aroint my Mac?