diff --git a/.context/patterns.md b/.context/patterns.md
index 3fc8138..1ada7ec 100644
--- a/.context/patterns.md
+++ b/.context/patterns.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Suggested buckets (map to existing rules):
 ## CombatMode-specific reminders
 
 - **Mouselook / free-look / CVars:** free-look state machine lives in `Core/FreeLookController.lua`; **all addon-owned `SetCVar` writes route through** `Core/RuntimeCVarManager.lua` (`CM.SetCVar*` helpers). Modules should compute/decide values locally, then call the manager to perform the write. Keep enable/disable paths symmetric.
+- **macOS stuck-cursor freeze:** a `MouselookStop()` issued while the window is backgrounded (auto-unlock from a watched frame during alt-tab, e.g. bags/LFG) leaves the OS mouse capture stuck — frozen cursor/camera on return while `IsMouselooking()` lies. There is no window-focus event and the background keeps rendering, so it can't be detected from `OnUpdate`; the `Combat Mode - Reset Mouse Look` keybind (`CombatMode_ResetMouseLook`, FreeLookController) re-grabs+releases (`MouselookStart()`→next-frame `MouselookStop()`) as manual recovery.
 - **Override bindings / secure buttons:** follow existing `SecureActionButtonTemplate` and `Core/BindingOverrides.lua` patterns.
 - **Vendored libs:** do not rewrite `CombatMode/Libs/**`; see `.cursor/rules/combatmode-vendored-libs.mdc`.
 
diff --git a/CombatMode/Bindings.xml b/CombatMode/Bindings.xml
index eee1053..071a72d 100644
--- a/CombatMode/Bindings.xml
+++ b/CombatMode/Bindings.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 			CombatMode_CursorModeKey(keystate)
 		end
 	</Binding>
+	<Binding name="Combat Mode - Reset Mouse Look" description="Recover the cursor if it gets stuck after switching windows (re-grabs and releases Mouse Look)" category="|A:::|a|TInterface\Addons\CombatMode\assets\cmtitle:22:95|t">
+		CombatMode_ResetMouseLook()
+	</Binding>
 	<Binding name="Combat Mode - Healing Radial" description="Hold to open Healing Radial for party targeting" header="Healing Radial" category="|A:::|a|TInterface\Addons\CombatMode\assets\cmtitle:22:95|t" runOnUp="true">
 		if keystate == "down" or keystate == "up" then
 			CombatMode_HealingRadialKey(keystate)
diff --git a/CombatMode/Config/ConfigMouseLook.lua b/CombatMode/Config/ConfigMouseLook.lua
index 4d11e60..e5beb3d 100644
--- a/CombatMode/Config/ConfigMouseLook.lua
+++ b/CombatMode/Config/ConfigMouseLook.lua
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ local Spacing, Header, Description = U.Spacing, U.Header, U.Description
 -- WoW API
 local GetBindingKey = _G.GetBindingKey
 local GetCurrentBindingSet = _G.GetCurrentBindingSet
+local IsMacClient = _G.IsMacClient
 local ReloadUI = _G.ReloadUI
 local SaveBindings = _G.SaveBindings
 local SetBinding = _G.SetBinding
@@ -188,6 +189,29 @@ CM.Config.MouseLookOptions = {
         return (GetBindingKey("INTERACTMOUSEOVER"))
       end,
     },
+    resetMouseLook = {
+      type = "keybinding",
+      name = "|cffffd700Reset - |cffE52B50Mouse Look|r|r",
+      desc = "Recovers a stuck cursor/camera that can happen on |cffffd700macOS|r: when a panel (bags, |cffffd700LFG|r ready check, etc.) turns |cffE52B50Mouse Look|r off while |cffffd700WoW|r is in the background, the |cffffd700OS|r mouse capture is left stuck. On returning the camera is frozen and the cursor is gone.\n\nPress this to re-grab and release the camera, bringing the cursor back.\n\n|cff909090This can't be done automatically: the game exposes no window-focus event and keeps rendering while in the background, so the addon has no way to detect the frozen state from the inside. A manual keypress is the only reliable recovery.|r",
+      width = 1.15,
+      order = 5.05,
+      hidden = function()
+        return not IsMacClient()
+      end,
+      set = function(_, key)
+        CM.TryApplyBindingChange("reset mouse look keybinding", function()
+          local oldKey = (GetBindingKey("Combat Mode - Reset Mouse Look"))
+          if oldKey then
+            SetBinding(oldKey)
+          end
+          SetBinding(key, "Combat Mode - Reset Mouse Look")
+          SaveBindings(GetCurrentBindingSet())
+        end)
+      end,
+      get = function()
+        return (GetBindingKey("Combat Mode - Reset Mouse Look"))
+      end,
+    },
     spacing = Spacing("full", 5.1),
     pulseCursor = {
       type = "toggle",
diff --git a/CombatMode/Core/FreeLookController.lua b/CombatMode/Core/FreeLookController.lua
index be80955..877de30 100644
--- a/CombatMode/Core/FreeLookController.lua
+++ b/CombatMode/Core/FreeLookController.lua
@@ -218,3 +218,21 @@ function _G.CombatMode_CursorModeKey(keystate)
     FreeLookOverride = false
   end
 end
+
+-- Manual recovery for the macOS stuck-cursor freeze (a MouselookStop issued while the
+-- window was backgrounded leaves the OS capture stuck). Re-grab and release through the
+-- free-look state machine so the crosshair/tooltip/CVar side effects stay in sync rather
+-- than trusting IsMouselooking(); OnUpdate re-locks afterward if free look should be active.
+function _G.CombatMode_ResetMouseLook()
+  CM.LockFreeLook()
+  local function settle()
+    if CM.ShouldFreeLookBeOff() then
+      CM.UnlockFreeLook()
+    end
+  end
+  if C_Timer and C_Timer.After then
+    C_Timer.After(0, settle)
+  else
+    settle()
+  end
+end