Apple - How to quickly move mouse cursor between monitors?

This is definitely possible by using BetterTouchTool.

Since you already have it, there is no need to install a new software. Also it has a lot of other options, so I prefer it.

Anyways, here is how you do it:

  1. Go to BetterTouchTool Preferences => Keyboard.
  2. Click Add New Shortcut or Key Sequence button.
  3. Assign new Keyboard Shortcut from Click to record shortcut

    for example, for Monitor-1 Control+Shift+1, for Monitor-2 Control+Shift+2 etc.

  4. Then from Trigger Predefined Action dropdown menu, select

    Other Mouse Actions => Move Mouse To Position

  5. A modal window will appear to capture your desired mouse position. Simply take your cursor to the desired position of a Monitor and Press Space to capture the position. Now Save the position in the Modal Window.

  6. Repeat 2 to 5 for all your Monitors.

Now you'll be able to jump your mouse cursor to Monitor-1 by pressing Control+Shift+1, to Monitor-2 by pressing Control+Shift+2 and to Monitor-3 by pressing Control+Shift+3.

All the best.


The simplest, easiest and free method is to use CatchMouse. Just add a shortcut for each monitor and off you go!.

A link to the app: https://github.com/round/CatchMouse


Apple mouse and trackpad reaction is strongly affected by speed of movement. Put a mouse in one corner. now drag the mouse very slowly. Back to the corner. now drag faster. you'll see that for the same physical space the mouse moved, you got double/tripple the amount of pixels when you move faster.

Now if you move fast enough, like flicking (or swift swipes on a trackpad) you should be able to cover the whole desktop space in a single movement.

If that's not working for you - open the control panel, and speed up the mouse/trackpad Tracking Speed a little. That should do the trick.

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