diff --git a/src/main/window/createMainWindow.test.ts b/src/main/window/createMainWindow.test.ts
index a2f764e8872..934787a0e34 100644
--- a/src/main/window/createMainWindow.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/window/createMainWindow.test.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ describe('createMainWindow', () => {
       })
     )
     const browserWindowOptions = browserWindowMock.mock.calls[0]?.[0]
+    // Why: macOS swallows the app-activating click unless the window accepts
+    // first mouse, forcing a second click to focus the floating workspace.
+    expect(browserWindowOptions.acceptFirstMouse).toBe(true)
     if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
       expect(browserWindowOptions).toMatchObject({
         titleBarStyle: 'hiddenInset'
diff --git a/src/main/window/createMainWindow.ts b/src/main/window/createMainWindow.ts
index e6151e7c3e8..0c422758946 100644
--- a/src/main/window/createMainWindow.ts
+++ b/src/main/window/createMainWindow.ts
@@ -230,6 +230,10 @@ export function createMainWindow(
     minHeight: MIN_HEIGHT,
     title: opts?.title ?? 'Orca',
     show: false,
+    // Why: macOS swallows the app-activating click by default, so clicking
+    // back into Orca (e.g. the floating workspace) needed a second click.
+    // macOS-only option; Windows/Linux already deliver that click.
+    acceptFirstMouse: true,
     // Why: on macOS the menu lives in the system menu bar, so the in-window
     // menu bar is irrelevant. On Windows/Linux we auto-hide so the menu bar
     // doesn't consume a dedicated row of vertical space on every launch —