Increase ulimit on Yosemite

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# Source: http://blog.mact.me/2014/10/22/yosemite-upgrade-changes-open-file-limit

# Add the following to your to ~/.bash_profile
ulimit -n 65536 65536  

# Run the following commands in the terminal

$ echo kern.maxfiles=65536 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
$ echo kern.maxfilesperproc=65536 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
$ sudo sysctl -w kern.maxfiles=65536
$ sudo sysctl -w kern.maxfilesperproc=65536
$ ulimit -n 65536 65536