OSX: How do you turn off cursor blinking in all apps (globally)?

OSX: How do you turn off cursor blinking in all apps (globally)?
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I hope I’m not asking a stupid question now… Even though I’ve been Mac user since 86, my sore eyes let me find the right method of doing this.
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