diff --git a/src-tauri/src/prediction/macos.rs b/src-tauri/src/prediction/macos.rs
index 64642983..86cf318c 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/prediction/macos.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/prediction/macos.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 use super::context::{Adapter, RawContext, Status};
 use core_foundation::{
     base::{CFEqual, CFRange, CFType, CFTypeRef, TCFType},
+    runloop::{kCFRunLoopDefaultMode, CFRunLoop},
     string::{CFString, CFStringRef},
 };
 
 #[link(name = "ApplicationServices", kind = "framework")]
 unsafe extern "C" {
     fn AXUIElementCreateSystemWide() -> CFTypeRef;
+    fn AXUIElementCreateApplication(pid: i32) -> CFTypeRef;
     fn AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(e: CFTypeRef, a: CFStringRef, out: *mut CFTypeRef) -> i32;
     fn AXUIElementCopyParameterizedAttributeValue(
         e: CFTypeRef,
@@ -41,9 +43,7 @@ fn string(value: CFType) -> Result<String, Status> {
     }
     Ok(unsafe { CFString::wrap_under_get_rule(value.as_CFTypeRef().cast()) }.to_string())
 }
-pub struct MacAdapter {
-    system: CFType,
-}
+pub struct MacAdapter;
 impl MacAdapter {
     pub fn new() -> Result<Self, Status> {
         let system = unsafe { AXUIElementCreateSystemWide() };
@@ -53,9 +53,8 @@ impl MacAdapter {
         unsafe {
             AXUIElementSetMessagingTimeout(system, 0.2);
         }
-        Ok(Self {
-            system: unsafe { CFType::wrap_under_create_rule(system) },
-        })
+        let _system = unsafe { CFType::wrap_under_create_rule(system) };
+        Ok(Self)
     }
     fn text(&self, target: &CFType, range: CFRange) -> Result<String, Status> {
         let parameter = unsafe { AXValueCreate(4, (&range as *const CFRange).cast()) };
@@ -83,7 +82,32 @@ impl MacAdapter {
 impl Adapter for MacAdapter {
     type Target = CFType;
     fn focused(&mut self) -> Result<CFType, Status> {
-        attribute(&self.system, "AXFocusedUIElement")
+        objc2::rc::autoreleasepool(|_| {
+            focused_application(
+                || {
+                    // The pipe-driven worker has no AppKit event loop. Refresh
+                    // NSWorkspace's foreground cache without waiting for events.
+                    unsafe {
+                        CFRunLoop::run_in_mode(
+                            kCFRunLoopDefaultMode,
+                            std::time::Duration::ZERO,
+                            false,
+                        );
+                    }
+                    objc2_app_kit::NSWorkspace::sharedWorkspace()
+                        .frontmostApplication()
+                        .map(|app| app.processIdentifier())
+                },
+                |pid| {
+                    let app = unsafe { AXUIElementCreateApplication(pid) };
+                    if app.is_null() {
+                        return Err(Status::NoFocus);
+                    }
+                    let app = unsafe { CFType::wrap_under_create_rule(app) };
+                    attribute(&app, "AXFocusedUIElement")
+                },
+            )
+        })
     }
     fn protected(&mut self, target: &CFType) -> Result<bool, Status> {
         if unsafe { IsSecureEventInputEnabled() } {
@@ -184,3 +208,55 @@ impl Adapter for MacAdapter {
         })
     }
 }
+
+fn focused_application<T>(
+    mut foreground: impl FnMut() -> Option<i32>,
+    focused: impl FnOnce(i32) -> Result<T, Status>,
+) -> Result<T, Status> {
+    let pid = foreground().filter(|pid| *pid > 0).ok_or(Status::NoFocus)?;
+    let target = focused(pid)?;
+    if foreground() != Some(pid) {
+        return Err(Status::NoFocus);
+    }
+    Ok(target)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn resolves_focus_from_current_application() {
+        assert_eq!(focused_application(|| Some(42), |pid| Ok(pid + 1)), Ok(43));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rejects_missing_foreground_without_querying_accessibility() {
+        for pid in [None, Some(0), Some(-1)] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                focused_application(
+                    || pid,
+                    |_| -> Result<(), Status> { panic!("must not query an invalid application") }
+                ),
+                Err(Status::NoFocus)
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn rejects_foreground_changes_during_discovery() {
+        let mut applications = [Some(42), Some(43)].into_iter();
+        assert_eq!(
+            focused_application(|| applications.next().unwrap(), |_| Ok(())),
+            Err(Status::NoFocus)
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn preserves_accessibility_failures() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            focused_application(|| Some(42), |_| Err::<(), _>(Status::Unsupported)),
+            Err(Status::Unsupported)
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/prediction/mod.rs b/src-tauri/src/prediction/mod.rs
index 6792afb1..d9b3ee16 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/prediction/mod.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/prediction/mod.rs
@@ -215,16 +215,29 @@ pub fn select(token: u64, index: usize) -> Result<(), String> {
     })
 }
 fn resource(app: &AppHandle) -> Result<std::path::PathBuf, ()> {
-    if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
-        return Ok(Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("resources/WordData2017051601.db"));
-    }
-    app.path()
+    let bundled = app
+        .path()
         .resolve(
             "resources/WordData2017051601.db",
             tauri::path::BaseDirectory::Resource,
         )
-        .map_err(|_| ())
+        .map_err(|_| ());
+    let development = cfg!(debug_assertions)
+        .then(|| Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("resources/WordData2017051601.db"));
+    database_resource(bundled, development)
+}
+
+fn database_resource(
+    bundled: Result<std::path::PathBuf, ()>,
+    development: Option<std::path::PathBuf>,
+) -> Result<std::path::PathBuf, ()> {
+    bundled
+        .ok()
+        .filter(|path| path.is_file())
+        .or_else(|| development.filter(|path| path.is_file()))
+        .ok_or(())
 }
+
 pub fn poll(app: &AppHandle, keyboard: Option<&mut Keyboard>, enabled: bool, ignored: &[String]) {
     let Some(keyboard) = keyboard else {
         stop();
@@ -362,6 +375,43 @@ pub fn poll(app: &AppHandle, keyboard: Option<&mut Keyboard>, enabled: bool, ign
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    #[test]
+    fn database_resolution_supports_transferred_bundles_and_unbundled_development() {
+        let root = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("switchify-resource-{}", std::process::id()));
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(&root).unwrap();
+        let bundled = root.join("bundled.db");
+        let source = root.join("source.db");
+        std::fs::write(&bundled, []).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(&source, []).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            database_resource(Ok(bundled.clone()), Some(source.clone())),
+            Ok(bundled.clone())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            database_resource(Ok(bundled.clone()), None),
+            Ok(bundled.clone())
+        );
+        std::fs::remove_file(&source).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            database_resource(Ok(bundled.clone()), Some(source.clone())),
+            Ok(bundled.clone())
+        );
+        std::fs::write(&source, []).unwrap();
+        std::fs::remove_file(&bundled).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            database_resource(Ok(bundled.clone()), Some(source.clone())),
+            Ok(source.clone())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            database_resource(Err(()), Some(source.clone())),
+            Ok(source.clone())
+        );
+        assert_eq!(database_resource(Ok(bundled), None), Err(()));
+        assert_eq!(database_resource(Ok(root.clone()), None), Err(()));
+        std::fs::remove_file(source).unwrap();
+        std::fs::remove_dir(root).unwrap();
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn cancellation_kills_and_reaps_a_blocked_worker() {
         #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]