From 7011a2d630659a9694cf75067fac5f4b63203a27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: null1979 <2219289+null1979@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:20:53 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix(mac): stop opening an empty settings window at launch

---
 herdi-mac/Sources/HerdiMacApp.swift | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/herdi-mac/Sources/HerdiMacApp.swift b/herdi-mac/Sources/HerdiMacApp.swift
index 698d24f4..83d43ae5 100644
--- a/herdi-mac/Sources/HerdiMacApp.swift
+++ b/herdi-mac/Sources/HerdiMacApp.swift
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ struct HerdiApp: App {
     @NSApplicationDelegateAdaptor(HerdiAppDelegate.self) var appDelegate
 
     var body: some Scene {
-        // No visible window — the panel IS the UI
-        Settings { EmptyView() }
+        // No visible window — the panel IS the UI. macOS 26 opens a lone Settings scene at
+        // launch, which showed an empty "Herdi Settings" window, so it is suppressed. macOS 14
+        // cannot suppress it, so it gets no scene. The panel and the status item are AppKit.
+        if #available(macOS 15.0, *) {
+            Settings { EmptyView() }.defaultLaunchBehavior(.suppressed)
+        }
     }
 }
 

From 46670ee5376c4996eeb0a56cdc097571a8028521 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: null1979 <2219289+null1979@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 11:40:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix(mac): keep the settings fix compiling on sdks older
 than macos 15

---
 herdi-mac/Sources/HerdiMacApp.swift | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/herdi-mac/Sources/HerdiMacApp.swift b/herdi-mac/Sources/HerdiMacApp.swift
index 83d43ae5..aeeb7628 100644
--- a/herdi-mac/Sources/HerdiMacApp.swift
+++ b/herdi-mac/Sources/HerdiMacApp.swift
@@ -11,9 +11,14 @@ struct HerdiApp: App {
         // No visible window — the panel IS the UI. macOS 26 opens a lone Settings scene at
         // launch, which showed an empty "Herdi Settings" window, so it is suppressed. macOS 14
         // cannot suppress it, so it gets no scene. The panel and the status item are AppKit.
+        // An SDK older than macOS 15 has no defaultLaunchBehavior and keeps the plain scene.
+        #if compiler(>=6.0)
         if #available(macOS 15.0, *) {
             Settings { EmptyView() }.defaultLaunchBehavior(.suppressed)
         }
+        #else
+        Settings { EmptyView() }
+        #endif
     }
 }