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schwa · 10-11-2017, 06:19 PM

There's a lot of info about this on the internet as it seems to be something that is frequently encountered. You can increase the file handle limit via the macos terminal. You could test this (according to here and here) by setting

Code:

sudo sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=32768

The setting won't persist through a reboot unless you do other stuff, but you could try it to see if it lets your project load.

But, file handles also seem to eat up a lot of RAM on macs, which is probably why the limit exists in the first place. Above you reported 6 out of 8 GB of physical memory in use, which could cause instability. System resource limits are not necessarily like slots on a board where everything is fine until the last slot is full.

10-11-2017, 06:19 PM	#28
schwa Administrator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY Posts: 15,815	There's a lot of info about this on the internet as it seems to be something that is frequently encountered. You can increase the file handle limit via the macos terminal. You could test this (according to here and here) by setting Code: sudo sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=32768 The setting won't persist through a reboot unless you do other stuff, but you could try it to see if it lets your project load. But, file handles also seem to eat up a lot of RAM on macs, which is probably why the limit exists in the first place. Above you reported 6 out of 8 GB of physical memory in use, which could cause instability. System resource limits are not necessarily like slots on a board where everything is fine until the last slot is full.