diff --git a/aqt/progress.py b/aqt/progress.py
index 13b218a88..f661f12a1 100644
--- a/aqt/progress.py
+++ b/aqt/progress.py
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ Your pysqlite2 is too old. Anki will appear frozen during long operations."""
         self._win.setCancelButton(None)
         self._win.setAutoClose(False)
         self._win.setAutoReset(False)
-        self._win.setWindowModality(Qt.ApplicationModal)
+        if not isMac:
+            self._win.setWindowModality(Qt.ApplicationModal)
         # we need to manually manage minimum time to show, as qt gets confused
         # by the db handler
         self._win.setMinimumDuration(100000)