Cursor AI Notes

Russell Bateman
August 2025

In 2025, I began using Cursor AI because my workplace began to provide it.


How to install Cursor AI

I'll get around to filling this in some day.


Terminal sandbox could not start... AppArmor configuration... (approval)

It's a non-fatal error for Cursor AI not to have free reign in your sandbox and makes you okay each action it wishes to take. The Cursor AI sandbox prevents unauthorized access while allowing workspace operations. This said, the only penalty is that the Agent will fall back to asking for approval before running commands. See Agent Terminal.


How to exit Cursor AI (close all windows)

One problem I have with the interface is that it's missing a global menu bar, in particular, the File → Close/Quit option and the documentation on-line is very devious about how to get out. Unofficial documentation by other users leads me to do this:

russ@tirion ~ $ killall cursor

You must wait a while for it to take effect.