Setting environment variables via launchd.conf no longer works in OS X Yosemite/El Capitan/macOS Sierra/Mojave?

Question

It looks like the launchd.conf does not load my environment variable anymore. Has anyone else noticed that?

Is there another solution to permanently set

Answer 1

What did work for me (inspired from aax' thanks) :

Paste this into /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.launchd.limit.plist then reboot :

  
  
  Label
  eicar
  ProgramArguments
  
    /bin/launchctl
    limit
    maxfiles
    16384
    16384
  
  RunAtLoad
  
  ServiceIPC
  

If you need it step by step :

• Launch terminal
• Type sudo su then enter your password to log in as root
• Type vi /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.launchd.limit.plist
• When into the vi editor, press the key i to enter insert mode then paste the exact code content above (⌘+v). This will force the limit to 16384 files per process and 16384 files total
• Save your file and quit using esc then :wq
• Reboot your system, and check that it is working using the command launchctl limit

I hope this helped you.