wxCursor oldCursor = win->GetCursor();
     win->SetCursor(cursor);
 
-#ifdef __WXMSW__
-    //    wxSetCursor(cursor);
+#ifdef __WXMAC__
+    wxSetCursor(cursor);
 #endif
 
     m_status = false;
 
     win->SetCursor(oldCursor);
 
+#ifdef __WXMAC__
+    wxSetCursor(wxNullCursor);
+#endif
+
     if (m_status)
     {
         wxPoint pt;
 bool wxSimpleHelpProvider::ShowHelp(wxWindowBase *window)
 {
 #if wxUSE_MS_HTML_HELP || wxUSE_TIPWINDOW
+#if wxUSE_MS_HTML_HELP
+    // m_helptextAtPoint will be reset by GetHelpTextMaybeAtPoint(), stash it
+    const wxPoint posTooltip = m_helptextAtPoint;
+#endif // wxUSE_MS_HTML_HELP
+
     const wxString text = GetHelpTextMaybeAtPoint(window);
 
     if ( !text.empty() )
         if ( !wxCHMHelpController::ShowContextHelpPopup
                                    (
                                         text,
-                                        wxGetMousePosition(),
+                                        posTooltip,
                                         (wxWindow *)window
                                    ) )
 #endif // wxUSE_MS_HTML_HELP