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Q: Mavericks: GameKit.framework 'gamed' process –constant network connections

Since upgrading to Mavericks, Little Snitch's network monitor is showing a ridiculous amount of attempts by a process called gamed, which is part of the GameKit.framework, at making network connections. Sometimes it will try dozens of times in a row before giving up. Obviously this framework is something to do with Apple's Game Centre, which I've only previously come across on iOS. What is it now doing on OSX, given that there seems to be no GUI 'front-end' for it? And how the **** do I disable it? I have no games on my comp and no intention of installing any, so I don't really want to be wasting processor cycles with some framework which won't take [Little Snitch's] "no" for an answer, continually trying to beat a path to the internet.

 

Screengrab link: http://d.pr/i/r4np+

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Oct 28, 2013 11:13 AM

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  • by Colin Robinson,Helpful

    Colin Robinson Colin Robinson Oct 28, 2013 12:01 PM in response to stíobhart
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    Oct 28, 2013 12:01 PM in response to stíobhart

    stíobhart wrote:

     

    What is it now doing on OSX, given that there seems to be no GUI 'front-end' for it?

     

    This one?

    Screen Shot 2013-10-28 at 19.00.04.png

  • by stíobhart,Helpful

    stíobhart stíobhart Oct 30, 2013 1:01 PM in response to Colin Robinson
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    Oct 30, 2013 1:01 PM in response to Colin Robinson

    Ah. Well spotted. I guess I should pay more attention to the less well publicised additions a new OSX upgrade brings.

     

    Anyway, just because I got so irritated watching LittleSnitch's menubar icon flashing away like a semaphore blocking the ridiculous number of network connections that the gamed process keeps trying to make, I disabled that particular framework:

     

    sudo mkdir /System/Library/LaunchAgentsDisabled

    sudo mv /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed.plist /System/Library/LaunchAgentsDisabled/

    No ill effects and a few processor cycles reclaimed.

  • by tm2008,

    tm2008 tm2008 Nov 22, 2013 1:18 AM in response to stíobhart
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    Nov 22, 2013 1:18 AM in response to stíobhart

    In system settings, you have the panel with the notification center. I removed the game center from there. Hope it helps!

  • by Jeff_be,

    Jeff_be Jeff_be Dec 24, 2013 12:41 AM in response to stíobhart
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    Dec 24, 2013 12:41 AM in response to stíobhart

    Thanks for the litle procedure for eliminating the gamed process.

    for me, it works !

  • by otgkhan,

    otgkhan otgkhan Jan 21, 2014 6:14 PM in response to stíobhart
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    Jan 21, 2014 6:14 PM in response to stíobhart

    Disabling the Game Center notifications from the System Settings / Notification Center did not stop the process from phoning home. Little Snitch still keeps complaining and has already logged some 3000+ attempts from the process since yesterday.

     

    I am going to try stiobhart's method now.

     

    Thanks

  • by otgkhan,

    otgkhan otgkhan Jan 22, 2014 4:54 PM in response to stíobhart
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    Jan 22, 2014 4:54 PM in response to stíobhart

    err... tried stiobhart's method and the notifications stopped..... temporarily.. today, I have another thousand blocks by little snitch. *** gives? Any advice?

  • by Billy@MIX.COM,

    Billy@MIX.COM Billy@MIX.COM Feb 6, 2014 2:42 PM in response to otgkhan
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    Feb 6, 2014 2:42 PM in response to otgkhan

    err... tried stiobhart's method and the notifications stopped..... temporarily.. today, I have another thousand blocks by little snitch. *** gives? Any advice?

     

    Did you restart the computer after moving com.apple.gamed.plist into the disabled folder?

     

    Anyway... This was bothering me, too.  So, after some reading, I added this to the gamed plist file -

     

            <key>Disabled</key>

            <true/>


    This is what Apple suggests...

     

    https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/ man5/launchd.plist.5.html

     

    ...and it definitely gets the job done.  You'd need to do this as root, so type very carefully.  Lanuch the Terminal program, then -

     

    Sluggy:/Users/billy> sudo su -

    Password:

    Sluggy:~ root# cd /System/Library/LaunchAgents/

    Sluggy:LaunchAgents root# pico com.apple.gamed.plist

     

     

    and write in the two Disabled key lines just below these, near the top of the file -

     

            <key>Label</key>

            <string>com.apple.gamed</string>

     

    Then type Control-X and answer Yes to save the new file.

     

    You probably should make a backup copy first - open the /System/Library/LaunchAgents folder and

    while holding down the Option key drag a copy to your Desktop.

     

    Billy Y..

  • by mcneilly,

    mcneilly mcneilly Feb 25, 2014 5:54 PM in response to stíobhart
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    Feb 25, 2014 5:54 PM in response to stíobhart

    I followed the path that Little Snitch provides and deleted the file directly. I thought this was a trojan, virus or some sort of attack at the time. Any way it appears to have worked.

  • by mcneilly,

    mcneilly mcneilly Feb 25, 2014 5:59 PM in response to mcneilly
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    Feb 25, 2014 5:59 PM in response to mcneilly

    Location Path

     

    /System/Library/Frameworks/GameKit.framework/Versions/A/Resources/gamed

  • by elgrego,Helpful

    elgrego elgrego Mar 2, 2014 9:27 PM in response to Billy@MIX.COM
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    Mar 2, 2014 9:27 PM in response to Billy@MIX.COM

    Alternately, you can copy and paste this into the Terminal:

     

    defaults write com.apple.gamed Disabled -bool true

     

    That should cut down on typos.

     

    Change the "true" to "false" to change it back, or use this:

     

    defaults delete com.apple.gamed Disabled

     

    to remove the setting entirely.

  • by Engender,

    Engender Engender Mar 4, 2014 5:50 PM in response to stíobhart
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    Mar 4, 2014 5:50 PM in response to stíobhart

    As an alternative to disabling com.apple.gamed, I think you can solve the problem by logging out of Game Center. I have a Mac Pro and a Macbook, and the Mac Pro is getting constant notifications from Little Snitch that gamed is connecting to different IP addresses. The Macbook does not get these messages. The two Macs are both running 10.9.2, and the gamed notifications started after that update.

  • by Engender,

    Engender Engender Mar 4, 2014 7:36 PM in response to Engender
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    Mar 4, 2014 7:36 PM in response to Engender

    Whops! Ignore my post above. A few hours after I posted that, gamed warnings popped up on my Macbook. I just tried elgrego's fix on both my machines.

  • by bennera@rocky.edu,

    bennera@rocky.edu bennera@rocky.edu Mar 5, 2014 9:43 AM in response to elgrego
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    Mar 5, 2014 9:43 AM in response to elgrego

    Should add to this:

     

    sudo launchctl stop com.apple.gamed

     

    To stop the running process as well.

  • by Jae Wyze,

    Jae Wyze Jae Wyze Mar 6, 2014 1:41 PM in response to stíobhart
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    Mar 6, 2014 1:41 PM in response to stíobhart

    Hey guys can one of you make a YouTube video on how to fix this (LS gamed Bug?) step by step or and post it on this here?

     

    Or just better explain the steps Billy@MIX.COM was saying if that worked

     

    Please and Thank you

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