Cursor not working anymore after Update

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Hey, thanks for the report.

This is a known issue with Gatekeeper on macOS. Please try these steps in order:

  1. Remove the quarantine attributes:
sudo xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Cursor.app
sudo xattr -cr /Applications/Cursor.app
  1. If that didn’t help, add it to the exceptions list:
sudo spctl --add /Applications/Cursor.app
  1. Check ~/.cursor (make a backup first):
    Sometimes the issue is that ~/.cursor is a file instead of a directory:
rm -f ~/.cursor
  1. Full reinstall (make a backup first):
  • Remove Cursor from Applications
  • Remove ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor
  • Download it again from Download · Cursor
  • Restart your Mac before installing

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Let me know if any of this works.

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