diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a98906d..4564d5d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   survives the CLI/TUI boundary by honoring the CodeWhale model env alias and
   legacy DeepSeek model handoff before falling back to provider defaults.
   Thanks @hongchen1993 for the PR.
+- **macOS shortcut modifiers (#2938/#2943).** Ctrl-like shortcuts that are
+  reported as `SUPER` by macOS terminals now work for backgrounding tasks and
+  sidebar-focus chords without rewriting clipboard shortcuts. Thanks @idling11
+  for the PR.
 - **TUI mouse-report leak (#3063/#3067).** Strip raw SGR mouse coordinate
   tails from the composer even when `use_mouse_capture` is false, covering
   orphaned terminal reporting state after crashes or focus races.
diff --git a/crates/tui/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/tui/CHANGELOG.md
index f43019b0..87138b1e 100644
--- a/crates/tui/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/tui/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   survives the CLI/TUI boundary by honoring the CodeWhale model env alias and
   legacy DeepSeek model handoff before falling back to provider defaults.
   Thanks @hongchen1993 for the PR.
+- **macOS shortcut modifiers (#2938/#2943).** Ctrl-like shortcuts that are
+  reported as `SUPER` by macOS terminals now work for backgrounding tasks and
+  sidebar-focus chords without rewriting clipboard shortcuts. Thanks @idling11
+  for the PR.
 - **TUI mouse-report leak (#3063/#3067).** Strip raw SGR mouse coordinate
   tails from the composer even when `use_mouse_capture` is false, covering
   orphaned terminal reporting state after crashes or focus races.
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/tui/key_shortcuts.rs b/crates/tui/src/tui/key_shortcuts.rs
index e9cde138..dfec927e 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/tui/key_shortcuts.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/tui/key_shortcuts.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@
 
 use crossterm::event::{KeyCode, KeyEvent, KeyModifiers};
 
+pub(super) fn has_control_like_modifier(modifiers: KeyModifiers) -> bool {
+    has_control_like_modifier_for_platform(modifiers, cfg!(target_os = "macos"))
+}
+
+pub(super) fn has_control_like_modifier_for_platform(
+    modifiers: KeyModifiers,
+    is_macos: bool,
+) -> bool {
+    modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::CONTROL)
+        || (is_macos && modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::SUPER))
+}
+
 /// Copy-to-clipboard: `Cmd+C` on macOS or `Ctrl+Shift+C` elsewhere.
 pub(super) fn is_copy_shortcut(key: &KeyEvent) -> bool {
     let is_c = matches!(key.code, KeyCode::Char('c') | KeyCode::Char('C'));
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
index 8b0dafeb..10b780be 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui.rs
@@ -3382,7 +3382,7 @@ async fn run_event_loop(
             }
 
             if matches!(key.code, KeyCode::Char('b') | KeyCode::Char('B'))
-                && key.modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::CONTROL)
+                && key_shortcuts::has_control_like_modifier(key.modifiers)
                 && app.view_stack.is_empty()
             {
                 // #3032: Ctrl+B directly backgrounds the active foreground
@@ -3582,7 +3582,7 @@ async fn run_event_loop(
                     continue;
                 }
                 KeyCode::Char('1') if key.modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::ALT) => {
-                    if key.modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::CONTROL) {
+                    if key_shortcuts::has_control_like_modifier(key.modifiers) {
                         app.set_sidebar_focus(SidebarFocus::Work);
                         app.status_message = Some("Sidebar focus: work".to_string());
                     } else {
@@ -3591,7 +3591,7 @@ async fn run_event_loop(
                     continue;
                 }
                 KeyCode::Char('2') if key.modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::ALT) => {
-                    if key.modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::CONTROL) {
+                    if key_shortcuts::has_control_like_modifier(key.modifiers) {
                         app.set_sidebar_focus(SidebarFocus::Tasks);
                         app.status_message = Some("Sidebar focus: tasks".to_string());
                     } else {
@@ -3600,7 +3600,7 @@ async fn run_event_loop(
                     continue;
                 }
                 KeyCode::Char('3') if key.modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::ALT) => {
-                    if key.modifiers.contains(KeyModifiers::CONTROL) {
+                    if key_shortcuts::has_control_like_modifier(key.modifiers) {
                         app.set_sidebar_focus(SidebarFocus::Agents);
                         app.status_message = Some("Sidebar focus: agents".to_string());
                     } else {
diff --git a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui/tests.rs b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui/tests.rs
index 874334ea..39f690b2 100644
--- a/crates/tui/src/tui/ui/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/tui/src/tui/ui/tests.rs
@@ -1262,6 +1262,32 @@ fn copy_shortcut_accepts_cmd_and_ctrl_shift_only() {
     ));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn control_like_modifier_accepts_super_only_on_macos() {
+    use crate::tui::key_shortcuts::has_control_like_modifier_for_platform;
+
+    assert!(has_control_like_modifier_for_platform(
+        KeyModifiers::CONTROL,
+        false
+    ));
+    assert!(has_control_like_modifier_for_platform(
+        KeyModifiers::CONTROL,
+        true
+    ));
+    assert!(!has_control_like_modifier_for_platform(
+        KeyModifiers::SUPER,
+        false
+    ));
+    assert!(has_control_like_modifier_for_platform(
+        KeyModifiers::SUPER,
+        true
+    ));
+    assert!(has_control_like_modifier_for_platform(
+        KeyModifiers::SUPER | KeyModifiers::ALT,
+        true
+    ));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn file_tree_shortcut_does_not_steal_plain_ctrl_e() {
     assert!(!crate::tui::key_shortcuts::is_file_tree_toggle_shortcut(