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I want to be able to hide the cursor programmatically. I am okay with giving any required permissions to the script.

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so what i just did was to download cursorcerer pref pane. then i unzipped it. then showed package contents. then simply double clicked the resource called cursorcerer.app. now my cursor is invisible -- even after moving. so you could call this app from the terminal. quite debilitating in my environment, but could be very helpful in others!

http://doomlaser.com/cursorcerer-hide-your-cursor-at-will/

i was able to get my cursor back by running the preference pane.

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  • I have this app, but as you said, you can’t get the cursor back. And I think the app doesn’t work in the latest macOS. – HappyFace Feb 15 '19 at 19:21
  • i wonder how he is doing it inside that app. i showed contents of that, but nothing i can pick apart – neuralstatic Feb 15 '19 at 19:27
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You can use applescript to set the cursor to the current background color of the terminal window:

tell application "Terminal"
    set invisibleColor to get background color of (get properties of (get startup settings))
    set properties of (get startup settings) to {cursor color:invisibleColor}   
end tell

Use osascript to execute applescript within a shell script.

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  • I want to hide it for everything. The reason I want to do it from the terminal is to set a loop that continuously hides the cursor, as it becomes visible after moving it a little. – HappyFace Jan 14 '19 at 8:06

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