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tftp on MacOS v26 (Tahoe)

Check is it available

ls /usr/libexec/tftpd

and config

cat /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist

Enable it

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist

Verfiy it

sudo launchctl list | grep tftp

Verify that default TFTP root exists

ls -la /private/tftpboot

Create if missing

sudo mkdir -p /private/tftpboot
sudo chmod 777 /private/tftpboot

Verify tftp is listening on

netstat -f inet | grep tftp

TFTP daemon is set up and ready to receive/transmit files.