From ab5240d8d2e452ac4e0a434b353080a5c3a7e963 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: squidbus <175574877+squidbus@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2024 06:31:59 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] qt: Do not run emulator on separate thread on Mac. (#1849)

---
 src/qt_gui/main_window.cpp | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/qt_gui/main_window.cpp b/src/qt_gui/main_window.cpp
index 39f7c7b9..adb42fc2 100644
--- a/src/qt_gui/main_window.cpp
+++ b/src/qt_gui/main_window.cpp
@@ -1098,10 +1098,16 @@ void MainWindow::StartEmulator(std::filesystem::path path) {
         QMessageBox::critical(nullptr, tr("Run Game"), QString(tr("Game is already running!")));
         return;
     }
+    isGameRunning = true;
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    // SDL on macOS requires main thread.
+    Core::Emulator emulator;
+    emulator.Run(path);
+#else
     std::thread emulator_thread([=] {
         Core::Emulator emulator;
         emulator.Run(path);
     });
     emulator_thread.detach();
-    isGameRunning = true;
+#endif
 }