Fat Cursors is a system extension/control panel that installs slightly larger Arrow and IBeam cursors. If you've ever seen the standard cursors on a PowerBook 180c, or if you just have a hard time finding the cursor on your screen, you'll definitely be able to appreciate this utility!
•Installation
To install Fat Cursors, drag its icon on top of your system folder's icon. Then restart your Macintosh. Fat Cursors will display its icon at startup.
System 7 note: It is important that you drag the Fat Cursors icon on top of the system folder's icon and NOT into the system folder's open window. You will be asked if you want to put Fat Cursors in the Control Panels folder. Click the "Ok" button.
•Instructions for use
The Fat Cursors control panel contains the following settings:
Fat Cursors enabled - Turns Fat Cursors on/off.
Fatten Arrow - Check this box to fatten the standard Arrow cursor.
Fatten IBeam - Check this box to fatten the standard IBeam cursor.
Use modifier key - Check this box if you want Fat Cursors to fatten the cursors only when the specified modifier keys are held down.
Fat Cursors can be disabled at startup by holding down the mouse button before its icon is displayed.
If, during startup, Fat Cursors has any problems loading, or if the mouse button is down, Fat Cursors will display its icon with a circle/slash through it (red, for those of you with color).
•Special notes
There are a few applications that install their own cursors which may not be affected by Fat Cursors. FileMaker Pro's IBeam and Word 5.1 & PhotoShop's backwards Arrow are the only ones that I use that are not affected.
If you are using CPU on a PowerBook, you must either set its "Edit Cursor" to the thinnest (standard) setting or be sure that it loads before Fat Cursors in order for Fat Cursors to fatten the IBeam cursor.
•Shareware notice
Fat Cursors is shareware. If you find it useful, please send $5.00 (US) to:
Robert Abatecola
5106 Forest Glen Drive
San Jose, CA 95129
There will soon be a new version of Fat Cursors with a "find cursor" feature that works on any Mac (not just PowerBooks!). It will also work with some (maybe all) of the applications that use their own cursors.
Fat Cursors was tested on a Mac SE (accelerated and unaccelerated) using System 7.1 and 6.0.5. It was also tested on a PowerBook 165c, PowerBook 160 and PowerBook 100, each using System 7.1.
