Restore access before changing more settings
- Identify the symptom: the pointer is visible but cannot reach an edge, or clicks land away from the intended button. A completely missing pointer or a game that never opens needs a different diagnosis.
- Record your display mode, resolution and UI scale. Change the game from borderless to fullscreen and test the same previously unreachable controls. Keep a working setting rather than changing several options together.
- If the cursor area becomes restricted, press Cmd+H to hide TF3, then bring the game back to the foreground. The player specifically reports this sequence; Cmd+M and a three-finger desktop swipe did not work for them.
- Test a top-edge control and a lower corner, then check that clicking and pointer position agree. Repeat after a desktop switch; fullscreen may interfere with normal desktop gestures and shortcuts.
- If it works only until the next switch or restart, treat it as temporary. Save normally and keep a note of which action recreates the problem before reporting it to support.
How to tell it worked
The cursor reaches the formerly blocked area and activates the intended controls. A sharper picture alone is not enough. A separate Steam report describes missing native resolutions, a tiny cursor and ignored UI scaling on a notched Mac; it does not confirm that this workaround resolves all of those symptoms.
If fullscreen or Cmd+H does not help
Restore the last usable display mode. Send support your Mac model, macOS version, game build, display resolution, notch/external-display setup and exact reproduction steps. Include whether the cursor is absent, offset or trapped. No universal UI-scale value or permanent resolution fix has been verified here; do not apply another game's notch workaround as a TF3 instruction.
Related tasks: Check Mac hardware support · Diagnose a black screen or failed launch · Separate stutter from input problems
Tycoon Gameplay Overview
Related game overview; this video does not demonstrate the Mac workaround.
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