diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 8c2127d28..eeeccaa19 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
 
 - macOS: Fix a regression in 0.21.0 that broke middle-click to paste from clipboard (:iss:`3730`)
 
+- macOS: Fix shortcuts in the global menu bar responding slowly when cursor blink
+  is disabled/timed out (:iss:`3693`)
+
 - When displaying scrollback ensure that the window does not quit if the amount
   of scrollback is less than a screen and the user has the ``--quit-if-one-screen``
   option enabled for less (:iss:`3740`)
diff --git a/kitty/child-monitor.c b/kitty/child-monitor.c
index 6af60c304..96cee1e37 100644
--- a/kitty/child-monitor.c
+++ b/kitty/child-monitor.c
@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ process_global_state(void *data) {
             }
             memset(cocoa_pending_actions, 0, sizeof(cocoa_pending_actions));
             has_cocoa_pending_actions = false;
+            maximum_wait = 0;  // ensure loop ticks again so that the actions side effects are performed immediately
         }
 #endif
     report_reaped_pids();