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How to Change Open Files Limit on macOS Monterey
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limit.maxfiles.plist
<?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>65535</string>
<string>1048576</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>ServiceIPC</key>
<false/>
</dict>
</plist>
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limit.maxproc.plist
<?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.maxproc</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>launchctl</string>
<string>limit</string>
<string>maxproc</string>
<string>4096</string>
<string>4096</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true />
<key>ServiceIPC</key>
<false />
</dict>
</plist>
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qileq commented Mar 29, 2022 

wget https://gist.github.com/qileq/49fbeff99def200179001d551c0a7036#file-limit-maxfiles-plist
wget https://gist.github.com/qileq/49fbeff99def200179001d551c0a7036#file-limit-maxproc-plist

sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist
sudo chown root:wheel /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxproc.plist

sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxfiles.plist
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/limit.maxproc.plist

launchctl limit

In some cases you maybe need to restart the machine for above to take effect.

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