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It works as expected.

  $ sudo launchctl limit maxfiles
   maxfiles    256            unlimited
  $ sudo launchctl limit maxfiles 65536 200000
  $ sudo launchctl limit maxfiles
   maxfiles    65536          200000



So can it be “changed” and then sip turned back on, or does SIP reset it?


I think these get reset at reboot?


That’s annoying. If you just had to disable SIP and change a value and reenable it wouldn’t be a major issue.

I feel Apple is trying to force apps to handle this “the correct way” - remember UAC prompts all over the place when they were first introduced in Windows?




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