MacOS Game Center Chess Invites Not Working (10.14.6 and 10.15.7 and latest iOS devices)
We've been trying to play a chess game through Apple's built in chess app and Game Center. Both of us are signed into GameCenter and can see each other as players we've played in the past. However, whenever an invite is sent through the Chess app Game Center invite it shows up as an iCloud link in iMessage and opens System Preferences rather than Chess.
On the sending computer, the chess app also begins a Game Center chess game not associated with the invited person as soon as the invitation is sent. It reverts back to a random opponent.
And yes, we've done troubleshooting on Apple products since the Performa Era, so PLEASE don't ask us to do the "simple" fixes.
And, this is a common problem... And Jeremy, please don't reply to this because you obviously don't have anything useful to add (RE: providing links to Apple regarding "Log out, sleep, restart, and shut down" and "How to use safe mode on your Mac". Less than useless advice since it doesn't answer the question, and it definitely doesn't provide useful help. If we all have to restart our computer to play chess, well... you just don't understand. And if we all have to play chess with safe mode, well... you just don't understand.
This is definitely a bug or problem at the system level with MacOS. Could be something simple like prefs, (more likely it is a server problem with iCloud) or whatever, but none of us have all day to debug this problem...
Just wondering if any real person at Apple would have a real and rational solution.
Appreciatively,
Me
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.14
