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JohnathanMaravilla / README.md
Created April 29, 2018 17:13 — forked from devinrhode2/README.md
How to Change Open Files Limit on OS X and macOS Sierra (10.8 - 10.12)

How to Change Open Files Limit on OS X and macOS

This text is the section about OS X Yosemite (which also works for macOS Sierra) from https://docs.basho.com/riak/kv/2.1.4/using/performance/open-files-limit/#mac-os-x

The last time i visited this link it was dead (403), so I cloned it here from the latest snapshot in Archive.org's Wayback Machine https://web.archive.org/web/20170523131633/https://docs.basho.com/riak/kv/2.1.4/using/performance/open-files-limit/

Mac OS X

To check the current limits on your Mac OS X system, run:

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JohnathanMaravilla / disable.sh
Created April 7, 2018 05:41
Disable bunch of #$!@ in Sierra (Version 2.1)
#!/bin/bash
# IMPORTANT: You will need to disable SIP aka Rootless in order to fully execute this script, you can reenable it after.
# WARNING: It might disable things that you may not like. Please double check the services in the TODISABLE vars.
# Get active services: launchctl list | grep -v "\-\t0"
# Find a service: grep -lR [service] /System/Library/Launch* /Library/Launch* ~/Library/LaunchAgents
# Agents to disable
TODISABLE=('com.apple.security.keychainsyncingoveridsproxy' 'com.apple.personad' 'com.apple.passd' 'com.apple.screensharing.MessagesAgent' 'com.apple.CommCenter-osx' 'com.apple.Maps.mapspushd' 'com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon' 'com.apple.photoanalysisd' 'com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd' 'com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent' 'com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent' 'com.apple.CalendarAgent' 'com.apple.DictationIM' 'com.apple.iCloudUserNotifications' 'com.apple.familycircled' 'com.apple.familycontrols.useragent' 'com.apple.familynotificationd' 'com.apple.gamed' 'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.findmydevi