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fix: restart with proper app icon (macOS)
relikd Oct 9, 2026
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18 changes: 18 additions & 0 deletions addonmanager_utilities.py
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Expand Up @@ -210,9 +210,27 @@ def restart_freecad():

args = QtWidgets.QApplication.arguments()[1:]
if fci.FreeCADGui and fci.FreeCADGui.getMainWindow().close():
if sys.platform == "darwin":
app = macos_app_bundle_dir()
# -n: allow to launch a second instance of FreeCAD. This allows to
# launch the app while the old one is closing. Or else, open is too
# fast and will "open" the already open app (which then quits).
if app and QtCore.QProcess.startDetached("/usr/bin/open", [app, "-n", "--args", *args]):
return
QtCore.QProcess.startDetached(QtWidgets.QApplication.applicationFilePath(), args)


def macos_app_bundle_dir():
"""On macOS, return app-bundle (.app) path."""
par = QtCore.QDir(QtWidgets.QApplication.applicationDirPath())
par = QtCore.QDir(par.canonicalPath())
while par.cdUp():
inf = QtCore.QFileInfo(par.canonicalPath())
if inf.exists() and inf.isBundle() and par.dirName().endswith(".app"):
return par.canonicalPath()
return ""


@dataclass(frozen=True)
class GitHost:
"""The URL layouts used by a family of git hosting software. Each layout is a format string
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