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When I try to access GameCenter on my Mac it says "The requested operation could not be completed due to an error communicating with the server." How can I fix this?

When I try to access GameCenter on my Mac it says "The requested operation could not be completed due to an error communicating with the server." How can I fix this?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 12, 2012 6:09 PM

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Oct 13, 2012 3:58 PM in response to cgt123

This usually caused by a customised hosts file.


These need to be the only entries in your /etc/hosts file:-


##

# Host Database

#

# localhost is used to configure the loopback interface

# when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.

##

127.0.0.1 localhost

255.255.255.255 broadcasthost

::1 localhost

fe80::1%lo0 localhost


Remove anything below these entries, then try and reconnect with GC. Once GC starts properly you can put the extra entries back in your hosts file, GC should start normally afterwards.


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4140326?answerId=19276629022#19276629022


Jerry

When I try to access GameCenter on my Mac it says "The requested operation could not be completed due to an error communicating with the server." How can I fix this?

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