diff --git a/mac-manual/content/06-keyboard.md b/mac-manual/content/06-keyboard.md
index 7e75bd832c1..d742ccb57ce 100644
--- a/mac-manual/content/06-keyboard.md
+++ b/mac-manual/content/06-keyboard.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ On Macs with an ambient light sensor, the keyboard backlight follows the room: l
 
 The built-in trackpad scrolls naturally, as in macOS, and tap-to-click is off, because a palm brushing the trackpad while typing would otherwise click. Click by pressing the trackpad. Change either in `~/.config/hypr/input.lua`, as [Keyboard, mouse, trackpad](https://omarchy.org/manual/keyboard-mouse-trackpad/) describes; a value you set yourself is kept.
 
-Swipe sideways with three fingers to move between workspaces, as in macOS. A three-finger sideways gesture of your own in `~/.config/hypr/input.lua` takes its place. To turn the swipe off, add this line to `~/.config/hypr/input.lua`:
+Swipe sideways with three fingers to move between workspaces, as in macOS, including empty ones: swiping past the last workspace opens the next one. A three-finger sideways gesture of your own in `~/.config/hypr/input.lua` takes its place. To turn the swipe off, add this line to `~/.config/hypr/input.lua`:
 
 ```lua
 omarchy_workspace_gesture = false
diff --git a/packages/omarchy-mac/share/omarchy/default/hypr/platform/apple-gestures.lua b/packages/omarchy-mac/share/omarchy/default/hypr/platform/apple-gestures.lua
index 71b5e594e8d..0196dab4de2 100644
--- a/packages/omarchy-mac/share/omarchy/default/hypr/platform/apple-gestures.lua
+++ b/packages/omarchy-mac/share/omarchy/default/hypr/platform/apple-gestures.lua
@@ -25,4 +25,8 @@ for _, gesture in ipairs(o.registered_gestures or {}) do
   end
 end
 
+-- Step by number, so the swipe reaches empty workspaces as Spaces do in macOS.
+-- Hyprland's default steps only through workspaces that exist and never out of
+-- an empty one into a new one. A user's own gesture keeps Hyprland's stepping.
+hl.config({ gestures = { workspace_swipe_use_r = true } })
 hl.gesture({ fingers = 3, direction = "horizontal", action = "workspace" })
diff --git a/test/shell.d/hyprland-apple-workspace-gesture-test.sh b/test/shell.d/hyprland-apple-workspace-gesture-test.sh
index 9cd8d42d7b7..e07c06de6a3 100755
--- a/test/shell.d/hyprland-apple-workspace-gesture-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/hyprland-apple-workspace-gesture-test.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ end
 
 hl = setmetatable({
   dsp = proxy(),
+  config = function(config)
+    if config.gestures and config.gestures.workspace_swipe_use_r ~= nil then
+      use_r = config.gestures.workspace_swipe_use_r
+    end
+  end,
   gesture = function(gesture)
     local direction = gesture.direction:lower()
     direction = aliases[direction] or direction
@@ -110,6 +115,9 @@ hl = setmetatable({
 })
 
 dofile(os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.config/hypr/hyprland.lua")
+if os.getenv("SHOW_USE_R") then
+  print("workspace_swipe_use_r " .. tostring(use_r == true))
+end
 LUA
 }
 
@@ -157,6 +165,17 @@ output=$(load_config apple 'omarchy_workspace_gesture = false')
 [[ -z $output ]] || fail "omarchy_workspace_gesture = false turns the default off" "$output"
 pass "omarchy_workspace_gesture = false turns the default off"
 
+[[ $(SHOW_USE_R=1 load_config apple) == "$swipe"$'\nworkspace_swipe_use_r true' ]] ||
+  fail "a Mac swipe steps by number, into empty workspaces" "$(SHOW_USE_R=1 load_config apple)"
+[[ $(SHOW_USE_R=1 load_config other) == "workspace_swipe_use_r false" ]] ||
+  fail "x86 and Snapdragon keep Hyprland's own workspace stepping" "$(SHOW_USE_R=1 load_config other)"
+output=$(SHOW_USE_R=1 load_config apple "$shipped_line")
+[[ $output == "$swipe"$'\nworkspace_swipe_use_r false' ]] ||
+  fail "a user's own workspace gesture keeps Hyprland's stepping" "$output"
+output=$(SHOW_USE_R=1 load_config apple 'omarchy_workspace_gesture = false')
+[[ $output == "workspace_swipe_use_r false" ]] || fail "turning the Mac gesture off keeps Hyprland's stepping" "$output"
+pass "the Mac swipe steps into empty workspaces; a user's own gesture keeps Hyprland's stepping"
+
 grep -Fq 'omarchy_workspace_gesture = false' "$ROOT/mac-manual/content/06-keyboard.md" ||
   fail "the manual documents how to turn the Mac gesture off"
 pass "the manual documents how to turn the Mac gesture off"