diff --git a/surfaces/gui/e2e/onboarding-drag.spec.ts b/surfaces/gui/e2e/onboarding-drag.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52b15690
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+++ b/surfaces/gui/e2e/onboarding-drag.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Issue #95: on macOS the window has no native title bar while onboarding is on screen
+// (App.tsx's `overlay`, gated to `platformOS() === "macos"` — hidden_title(true) in
+// src-tauri/src/lib.rs), so the ONLY way to move the window is a `data-tauri-drag-region`
+// element. Onboarding's full-viewport backdrop (z-50) sits over both of the app's drag
+// surfaces (Sidebar's brand row, App.tsx's topbar), and carries no drag region of its own,
+// so the window is stuck until onboarding finishes.
+import { expect } from "@playwright/test";
+import { test } from "./fixtures";
+
+async function openOnboarding(page) {
+  await page.goto("/");
+  await page.getByTestId("account-row").click();
+  await page.getByTestId("account-menu").getByRole("button", { name: "Settings" }).click();
+  await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Run setup again" }).click();
+  await expect(page.getByTestId("ob-step-model")).toBeVisible();
+}
+
+test("macOS: a drag region is reachable while onboarding covers the screen", async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.addInitScript(() => {
+    (window as any).__TAURI__ = {};
+    (window as any).__OCW_PLATFORM__ = "macos";
+  });
+  await openOnboarding(page);
+
+  // The overlay title bar is macOS-only; confirm it actually engaged for this run.
+  await expect(page.locator(".app.tauri-overlay").first()).toBeVisible();
+
+  const dragRegions = page.locator("[data-tauri-drag-region]");
+  await expect(dragRegions.first()).toBeVisible();
+
+  // The mechanism Tauri relies on: the element the OS would hit-test at the drag
+  // region's own coordinates must BE that element, not something stacked on top of it.
+  const reachable = await dragRegions.first().evaluate((el) => {
+    const r = el.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const x = r.left + Math.min(10, r.width / 2);
+    const y = r.top + r.height / 2;
+    return document.elementFromPoint(x, y) === el;
+  });
+  expect(reachable).toBe(true);
+});
diff --git a/surfaces/gui/src/components/Onboarding.tsx b/surfaces/gui/src/components/Onboarding.tsx
index 5cfe88a2..458dfcb7 100644
--- a/surfaces/gui/src/components/Onboarding.tsx
+++ b/surfaces/gui/src/components/Onboarding.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import {
 } from "../api";
 import { ConnectorBadge } from "../connectors/ConnectorIcon";
 import { ProviderCards, ProviderForm, useProviderSetup } from "../providers/ProviderSetup";
+import { isTauri, platformOS } from "../tauri";
 import { Spinner } from "./AutomationQuickstart";
+import { Icon } from "./Icon";
 
 // First-run onboarding (UX-DECISIONS §24 → §29 → §39): model → your tools → go.
 // §39 (owner design, 2026-07-18): step 1 is a PROVIDER GALLERY — 13 real brand
@@ -109,8 +111,22 @@ export function Onboarding({ onDone }: { onDone: (next?: "work" | "gallery" | "a
     </div>
   );
 
+  // macOS overlay title bar (hidden native title bar, App.tsx's `overlay`): the app's only
+  // drag surfaces (Sidebar's brand row, App.tsx's topbar) sit UNDER this full-viewport
+  // backdrop and can't be reached, same gap the boot splash already covers (App.tsx
+  // ~line 1130) before the sidebar even mounts. Mirror that same strip here, above the
+  // backdrop's z-50 (z-180), so the window stays movable while onboarding is on screen.
+  const overlay = isTauri() && platformOS() === "macos";
+
   return (
     <div className="fixed inset-0 z-50 bg-ink/30 grid place-items-center" data-testid="onboarding">
+      {overlay && (
+        <div className="titlebar-drag" data-tauri-drag-region>
+          <span className="titlebar-brand brand-wordmark">
+            <Icon name="logo" size={13} className="mark" /> OpenWorker<span className="beta-tag">BETA</span>
+          </span>
+        </div>
+      )}
       {/* FIXED height across all three steps (owner call 2026-07-12, reaffirmed §39: the
           modal must never resize — the gallery⇄form swap happens inside this box). */}
       <div className="w-[600px] max-w-[92vw] h-[560px] max-h-[88vh] rounded-2xl border border-line bg-panel shadow-2xl p-8 flex flex-col">