So, the following scenario lead to the giant mouse pointer:
In the case of the big mouse pointer, I failed to follow said protocol.Īs far as I can tell, this issue is due to switching monitors, which in my case, involves either using my Macbook's integrated retina display, or my Apple Thunderbolt display. Note that in general, if I move between using my Thunderbolt display and my Macbook's retina display, I try to shut down my Parallels VM first, and restart it once the monitor change has been made.
This fixed the huge mouse pointer problem for me: enter Coherence mode, and then exit Coherence mode.