title: How to increase maximum open files Mac OSX 10.6 for neo4j graph database?
body: <p>I am getting this error message when starting my local neo4j server for development (live I am using the heroku neo4j addon).</p>
  
  <pre><code>WARNING: Detected a limit of 2560 for maximum open files, while a minimum value of 40000 is recommended.
  
  WARNING: Problems with the operation of the server may occur. Please refer to the Neo4j manual regarding lifting this limitation.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have googled, tried to search the manual on site, downloaded and searched the pdf.  (To hopefully eliminate the RTFM responses).  I cannot find how to do this in Mac OSX 10.6.  Sounds like something pretty basic that it's just assumed I'll know.  Any thoughts?</p>