Broken terminal - [forkpty: Resource temporarily unavailable][Could not create a new process and open a pseudo-tty.]

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user2398046 picture user2398046 · Jul 17, 2017 · Viewed 17.2k times · Source

I can't start up my terminal on MacOS 10.12

I get the following message: 

[forkpty: Resource temporarily unavailable][Could not create a new process and open a pseudo-tty.]

How do I resolve this?

Answer

user2398046 picture user2398046 · Jul 17, 2017

I simply restarted my computer to resolve the issue. Hope this helps anyone else in the future.

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