When it comes to choosing a computer, whether to pick a Mac or a computer running Windows OS is overwhelming. Both Windows and Mac have their own pros and cons, making both viable choices. While Windows is popular and is known for its great performances at an affordable price, Mac is known for its stylish design.
If you are unhappy with the Windows user interface, there are many personalization options to improve the visuals of your computer. One of the viable ways to make your boring desktop look visually appealing is using some bunch of colorful mouse cursors.
Get Mac Mouse cursor on Windows 10
If you have used Mac before, you may know that Mac focuses mainly on aesthetics. Mac has some bunch of colored and animated mouse curses that will make your system look unique. If you want to get rid of the old default mouse cursor and looking for personalizing your Windows with Mac style mouse cursor, then you are in the right place.
The Mac-style cursor pack for Windows gives a refreshed look for your Windows laptop with a bunch of colorful mouse cursors and a responsive keyboard. Additionally, the cursor animations of Mac style cursor is quite cool as that of the default Windows Mouse Pointer. The Mac-style cursor is supported by both 32 bit and 64-bit Windows version. In this article, we explain how to get Mac style Mouse cursor or pointer on Windows 10 using Capitaine mouse cursor.
To begin, download the Mac-style mouse cursor pack for Windows 10 from Github. The download is an x-cursor theme inspired by macOS. Civilization 5 unit mods.
Once done, open the downloaded folder and right click on the RAR folder. Click Extract files from the drop-down menu.
In the extracted folder, double click on Install file to get cursor package on your system.
Once the insallation is complete, navigate to Control Panel.
Click Mouse option and go to Pointers tab in the Mouse Properties window.
Click the option Scheme and choose Capitaine cursors from the drop-down menu.
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Click OK to apply the changes.
This will change the entire mouse cursor scheme for Windows.
Let us know if you like using this new scheme.
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Certain Android applications are meant for touch devices and do not function properly on your remote-controlled Fire TV Stick device. This deprives the FireStick users of some good apps. The primary reason why you can’t use such applications is because they are not compatible with your Amazon FireStick remote. However, if there was a way you could use a mouse with FireStick, you could make some of these apps work.
You could get mouse pointer on your FireStick interface without connecting a physical mouse to it. All you need is the Mouse Toggle app. In this guide, we will learn to install the Mouse Toggle on FireStick. You can maneuver the mouse pointer using the navigation buttons on your remote. To click an object, just hover the pointer over it and press the Select button on the remote.
Attention FireStick Users: Read before you continue
Governments and ISPs across the world monitor their users' online activities. If found streaming copyrighted content on your Fire TV Stick, you could get into serious trouble. Currently, your IP is visible to everyone. I strongly recommend you to get a good FireStick VPN and hide your identity so that your movie viewing experience doesn’t take a bad turn.
I use ExpressVPN which is the fastest and most secure VPN in the industry. It is very easy to install on any device including Amazon Fire TV Stick. Also, it comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. If you don't like their service, you can always ask for a refund. ExpressVPN also has a special deal where you can get 3 months free and save 49% on annual plan.
Read:How to install and use a VPN on FireStick
Mouse Toggle App for Fire TV Stick: Installation Guide
Let’s first set up our FireStick device so that it allows you to install the third-party apps. The Mouse Toggle app we are going to install is also a third-party app. Follow the steps below:
Step 1: Power on your FireStick device and open Settings from the home-screen (the Settings option is on the menu bar on the top of the screen)
Step 2: Navigate to Device and open it on the next screen
Step 3: Now open Developer Options
Step 4: See whether Apps from Unknown Sources is OFF or ON. If it is OFF, click it to turn it ON.
Step 5: A warning message pops up informing you about the risks of enabling Apps from Unknown Sources. Ignore this message. You are going to install Mouse Toggle app, which I have personally used. It is a safe app.
Click Turn on
Your FireStick will now install any third-party app. Let’s get started with Mouse Toggle.
Step 6: The very first thing you need is a side-loader app. FireStick does not permit direct browser download of the files. I recommend Downloader app. It is a very effective side-loading tool for FireStick. Install Downloader on FireStick and launch it. You can easily get this app from the Amazon Store
Step 7: The main-screen of Downloader looks like this. As you can see, the Home option on the left is already clicked. On the right, there is a field where you can enter the source URL from where Mouse Toggle will be downloaded.
Click this URL field
Step 8: Enter the following URL (as per your device) when you see the on-screen keyboard (look at the image below):
For Fire Stick Gen 1, Fire Stick Gen 2, Fire TV 1, Fire TV 2, Fire TV Cube – https://www.firesticktricks.com/mouse
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Hit GO after entering the URL
Step 9: Allow the Downloader app to download the Mouse Toggle APK file. It may take a couple of minutes.
Step 10: The good thing about Downloader is that you don’t need to execute the downloaded APK manually. It runs the file and starts the installation automatically. You should now see the following prompt.
Click Install
Step 11: Now wait for the Mouse Toggle APK to install on the device
Step 12: You will get the confirmation of installation with the App Installed prompt that shows.
When you click Open here, you launch the Mouse Toggle app right away. But, we will run and use the app later.
First, click Done and return to the Downloader app. I will show you how to delete the Mouse Toggle APK you just downloaded. The APK files are not required after the installation. Let’s free up some space.
Step 13: Click Delete
Step 14: Click Delete one more time
You have successfully removed the APK file from FireStick.
How to Access and Use Mouse Toggle on FireStick
All the apps you install on FireStick can be accessed from the Your Apps & Channels section. Here is how you can get there:
- Press and hold the Home button on your FireStick remote for about 5 seconds
- When the menu screen appears, click Apps
- There you are in Your Apps & Channels
Now scroll down to the bottom using your remote where you will find the Mouse Toggle app. Remember that when you install an app its icon appears on the bottom in Your Apps & Channels. The other thing to note is that the recently installed apps do not appear on your FireStick home-screen.
To move any app to home-screen, select its icon in the Your Apps & Channels section and press the menu key on the remote. Now click Move and move the icon to one of the top rows.
Now I will show you how to use the Mouse Toggle.
First, in order for the Mouse Toggle app to work, ADB Debugging must be ON. Here is how you can turn it ON: FireStick Home screen > Settings > Device > Developer Options > ADB Debugging
Open the app from the Your Apps & Channels section. This is how the app looks like. There is only one screen.
Make sure Enable the mouse service option is on. If you would like the mouse service to run on the FireStick start-up, keep the second option turned on. I recommend keeping it on. Mouse Toggle is just a 2 MB app and keeping it on all the time does not affect the device performance.
When the mouse service is enabled, the Status at the bottom left of the screen should say started.
If the Status is stuck on starting then you may need to turn ADB Debugging OFF and back ON. You may click the ADB SETTINGS button within the application to turn it off and on.
That’s pretty much it about the interface. Let me now show you how to use mouse pointer with any application.
I will use Showbox HD as an example as this app cannot be navigated with the FireStick remote. Here is the Showbox HD home-screen:
As you see, there is the menu on the top-left corner. I can’t get to it without the mouse toggle. But, there is no mouse pointer on my TV screen yet. So, how do I bring it about?
To display the mouse pointer, all you need to do is quickly press the Play/Pause button on your Amazon FireStick remote twice.
I did that and manoeuvred the mouse pointer over the menu. Now I just need to press the Select button on the remote to click the menu.
The following menu appears. Now, I can use the mouse pointer to hover over and click any item I want on the menu.
I clicked Movies and I was redirected to the screen containing the list of the movies. Again, I can use the mouse pointer to open any movie I like.
Please also note that the mouse pointer disappears after a few seconds when left idle. Just press the Play/Pause button on the remote twice to bring it back.
How to Scroll Pages with the Mouse Toggle?
The first thing you need to do is bring up the Mouse Toggle cursor on the screen by pressing Play/Pause button on the remote twice.
Now, quickly press the following buttons on your remote one after the other in the same order:
- Play/Pause
- Down Navigation
The cursor will get bigger and faster and it will let you scroll pages.
Wrapping Up
Mouse Toggle allows you to use apps like Showbox on FireStick, which are otherwise incompatible. When the mouse pointer appears on the screen, you can move it around using the navigation button on the remote. You can reach out to the items within an incompatible app that the regular remote function cannot. Mouse Toggle is a lightweight app and I believe every FireStick user must have it.
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CursorMania is a free downloadable software program for Windows computers that lets you access more than 7,000 custom cursors. The collection includes cursors based on themes such as holidays, sports and patriotic symbols. These cursors can make browsing the web more colorful, whimsical and personalized. With the program's toolbar added to your web browser, you can take advantage of other CursorMania features such as smileys, e-cards, screensavers, avatars and a search box.
Step 1
Go to www.cursormania.com to access the CursorMania website.
Step 2
Read the 'End User License Agreement' by clicking on that link on the CursorMania homepage. A new web page will appear. Close this page when done with the agreement. This will take you back to the CursorMania homepage.
Step 3
Click on 'Click here to start' near the center of the page.
Step 4
Click on the yellow bar that runs along the top of the page if prompted. Scroll down and select 'Install Active X Control.' Click to download the program.
Step 5
Choose the 'Save File' option when the box appears in the middle of the screen.
Step 6
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Double-click the blue box with the CursorMania icon along the top of the screen. If there is no blue box, go to your Windows desktop and click the CursorMania icon to continue the installation.
Step 7
Click 'OK' when the security warning pops up to finish installing CursorMania. (This warning is advising you that CursorMania is an executable file and might contain viruses or other harmful data.)
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Select 'Run' from the box that appears a few seconds after you complete Step 7.
Step 9
Read and accept the license agreement that appears on the page to continue installing CursorMania.
Step 10
Click the 'Finish' button on the next box that pops up to complete installation of CursorMania.
Restart your computer. Launch your browser program and double-click the CursorMania icon in the toolbar to begin choosing cursors.
Warning
- Although the developers of CursorMania claim the program does not add spyware to your PC, the software might slow down your computer because it tracks usage of features like the search tool.
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I'm new to this amazing OS (Ubuntu 11.10) and I've been changing a lot of things and experimenting (it's fun you know).
But I don't know how to install cursor themes.Can I install this? http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Aero+Mouse+Cursors+with+Drop+Shadow?content=67833
If it's possible, how do you do that?
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Installing the theme is pretty simple. Simply extract the folder in the archive to
~/.icons
(the ~/ represents your home folder, and .icons is a hidden directory).Then, install Ubuntu-Tweak from here: https://launchpad.net/~tualatrix/+archive/next, and use that to change your cursor theme.
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