<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>SwiftUI's SettingsLink doesn't work reliably in MenuBarExtra due to how NSApplication treats menu bar apps as background utilities.</li><li>Apple provides an openSettings environment action for programmatic access, but it may not work consistently across different macOS versions.</li><li>The logic for openSettings requires an existing SwiftUI render tree and can be affected by activation policies, timing delays, and hidden windows.</li><li>Many developers find it challenging to work with SwiftUI on macOS due to the complexities involved in performing seemingly basic operations.</li></ul>

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