diff --git a/core/different/different.m b/core/different/different.m
index c93538dee8..5edfbe0f69 100644
--- a/core/different/different.m
+++ b/core/different/different.m
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #import <AppKit/AppKit.h>
 #import <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
-#import <JavaNativeFoundation/JavaNativeFoundation.h>
-// #include <jni.h>
+// #import <JavaNativeFoundation/JavaNativeFoundation.h>
+#include <jni.h>
 
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_processing_core_ThinkDifferent_hideMenuBar
 (JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jboolean visible, jboolean kioskMode)
@@ -24,3 +24,10 @@
 {
     [NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:true];
 }
+
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_processing_core_ThinkDifferent_activate
+(JNIEnv *env, jclass klass)
+{
+    [NSApp activate];
+}
diff --git a/core/different/libDifferent_aarch64 b/core/different/libDifferent_aarch64
index f45612d570..8021f386e1 100755
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diff --git a/core/different/libDifferent_x86_64 b/core/different/libDifferent_x86_64
index 7862ddbac8..342e899ec7 100755
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diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/ThinkDifferent.java b/core/src/processing/core/ThinkDifferent.java
index 141779be51..bfa6768bee 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/ThinkDifferent.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/ThinkDifferent.java
@@ -124,9 +124,33 @@ static private Desktop getDesktop() {
 
   static native public void showMenuBar();
 
-  // Used by Python (Jython) Mode to bring windows to the front
+  // deprecated
+  // https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsapplication/activate(ignoringotherapps:)
   static native public void activateIgnoringOtherApps();
 
+  // added in macOS 14 (Sonoma)
+  // https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsapplication/activate()
+  static native public void activate();
+
+  // Used by py5 to bring Sketch to the front
+  static public boolean activateSketchWindow() {
+    try {
+      String osVersion = System.getProperty("os.version");
+      int versionNumber = Integer.parseInt(osVersion.split("\\.")[0]);
+
+      if (versionNumber >= 14) {
+        activate();
+        return true;
+      } else if (versionNumber >= 10) {
+        activateIgnoringOtherApps();
+        return true;
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
 
   static {
     final String NATIVE_FILENAME = "libDifferent.jnilib";
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/libDifferent.jnilib b/core/src/processing/core/libDifferent.jnilib
index c45256c03a..c24b8efe13 100755
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