diff --git a/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoawindow.m b/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoawindow.m
--- a/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoawindow.m
+++ b/src/video/cocoa/SDL_cocoawindow.m
@@ -1143,24 +1143,29 @@
 /* The default implementation doesn't pass rightMouseDown to responder chain */
 - (void)rightMouseDown:(NSEvent *)theEvent;
 - (BOOL)mouseDownCanMoveWindow;
-- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)dirtyRect;
 - (BOOL)acceptsFirstMouse:(NSEvent *)theEvent;
+- (BOOL)wantsUpdateLayer;
+- (void)updateLayer;
 @end

 @implementation SDLView
-- (void)setSDLWindow:(SDL_Window*)window
+
+-(BOOL) wantsUpdateLayer
 {
-    _sdlWindow = window;
+    return YES;
 }

-- (void)drawRect:(NSRect)dirtyRect
+-(void) updateLayer
 {
     /* Force the graphics context to clear to black so we don't get a flash of
        white until the app is ready to draw. In practice on modern macOS, this
        only gets called for window creation and other extraordinary events. */
-    [[NSColor blackColor] setFill];
-    NSRectFill(dirtyRect);
-    SDL_SendWindowEvent(_sdlWindow, SDL_WINDOWEVENT_EXPOSED, 0, 0);
+    self.layer.backgroundColor = NSColor.blackColor.CGColor;
+}
+
+- (void)setSDLWindow:(SDL_Window*)window
+{
+    _sdlWindow = window;
 }

 - (void)rightMouseDown:(NSEvent *)theEvent
@@ -1345,6 +1350,7 @@
             [contentView setWantsBestResolutionOpenGLSurface:YES];
         }
     }
+
 #if SDL_VIDEO_OPENGL_ES2
 #if SDL_VIDEO_OPENGL_EGL
     if ((window->flags & SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL) &&