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It seems like there is an entirely different method for changing the open files limit for each version of OS X!xml
For OS X Sierra (10.12.X) you need to:get
1. Create a file at /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist
and paste the following in (feel free to change the two numbers (which are the soft and hard limits, respectively):string
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>limit.maxfiles</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>launchctl</string> <string>limit</string> <string>maxfiles</string> <string>64000</string> <string>524288</string> </array> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/> <key>ServiceIPC</key> <false/> </dict> </plist>
2. Change the owner of your new file:it
sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist
3. Load these new settings:io
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist
4. Finally, check that the limits are correct:ast
launchctl limit maxfiles