My company is getting ready to upgrade our Macs from 10.6 to 10.8.
We like to keep our installs as streamlined as possible — and also prefer to not have games on our computers to avoid distractions.
Does anyone know if Game Center.app (and Chess.app, for that matter) can be deleted from the Applications folder without harming the OS, or are they tied into the system deep enough that this would be a bad idea?
Thanks!
Game Center-OTHER
You can delete them, but Game Center doesn't actually have any games in it. The games come from the App Store. If your users don't have root on their workstations, they can't install games. If they do have root, they can do whatever they want.
Thank you.
Our problem will arise when our users find games on Game Center and then go to purchase them on the App Store and can't install them because they don't have admin access. All kinds of headaches and recriminations.
And, frankly, we dont want them surfing around in either Game Center or the App Store. We want them to work.
But, again, thank you for the answer. That is what I was hoping to hear.
Good to hear that Game Center can be deletd. How do you do it?
Thanks.
Someone posted this ... you can give it a try too (I haven't try it yet):
1) download and install iFile from AppStore
2) From iFile, browse to /App folder and remove GameCentre.app folder
Good luck ... I hate rubbish on my iPad too
Many thanks. Do you know which iFile they were referring to? There are iFile apps from several developers out there.
The OP posted in the Mac OS Mountain Lion forum and has iMacs; as far as I know, iFile is an iOS app which will not work on Mac OS. Are you sure it works with Mac OS?
I'd like to delete it (and other similar crap apps forcefully pushed upon you) from both my macs (OSX 10.9) and my iOS devices. Any suggestions appreciated.
Well, I've never used Game Center (or a few others) either; however, from what I've learned over the years, it is better not to delete applications that were installed as default and are therefore part of the OS. Although I won't recommend it, I just tested it for you (tried dragging the application to the trash) and this is the message I got:
So, you will just have to learn to ignore it like I do.
I do not know if it works on an iOS device - if you purchased it at the app store, you should be able to delete it.
You can't delete it, but you can hide it with:
sudo chflags hidden /Applications/Game\ Center.app
Why would I need to hide it? I don't see it or use it.
The OS says that about anything it installed. Including such vitally important software like Chess. You can use the Terminal to kill it. Or, highlight the app and press Command+I (Get Info). Click on the lock and enter your Admin password. Change all permissions to Read/Write. Close the Get Info box. You should now be able to trash it.
Thanks for the info - I would never ever contemplate throwing out something as fundamentally important as Chess!! 😀
Thanks for posting this solution.
I was searching for a way to delete apps I'll never use in Mavericks , like Chess, and your suggestion worked.
Bob.
Hey srinehart, why don't you beat them or threaten their families or something?
"Ve like zem to verk! Mach schnell!"
I just got a new iMac and thought I'd try Chess and that damed thing kept popping up at every move in the game. Know what? Delete it!! I did get the messages that it was necessary for the OS, but I thought...really? Necessary? I'm not a gamer, so I thought that was foolish.
Go to the app, get info, change all the permissions to "read and write" and then delete the app. Gone, done and not bugging me. Chess still works.
Can we delete Game Center from OS X 10.8?
