add stuff to applications on macos

home-manager/home.nix

@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ in
         };
       };
 
-
       yt-dlp.enable = true;
 
       kitty = {
@@ -136,6 +135,26 @@ in
     );
 
   home = {
+
+    # https://github.com/nix-community/home-manager/issues/1341
+    activation.link-apps = lib.hm.dag.entryAfter [ "linkGeneration" ] (
+      if pkgs.stdenv.isDarwin then
+        ''
+          new_nix_apps="${config.home.homeDirectory}/Applications/Nix"
+          rm -rf "$new_nix_apps"
+          mkdir -p "$new_nix_apps"
+          find -H -L "$newGenPath/home-files/Applications" -name "*.app" -type d -print | while read -r app; do
+            real_app=$(readlink -f "$app")
+            app_name=$(basename "$app")
+            target_app="$new_nix_apps/$app_name"
+            echo "Alias '$real_app' to '$target_app'"
+            ${pkgs.mkalias}/bin/mkalias "$real_app" "$target_app"
+          done
+        ''
+      else
+        ""
+    );
+
     enableNixpkgsReleaseCheck = false;
     username = username;