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

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..

Perhaps your configuration did not have the launch agent. If it stays down, don't worry.

Apple doesn't like LS in much the way that Stalin didn't like Trotsky. It is not really a conflict between an Apple resource and LS. It is a conflict between Apple and you over who controls your system resources. Every software company, if it stays around long enough and is successful, becomes Microsoft. The symptom here is very much like that of Internet Explorer. When a company has a weak product, there is a tendancy, over time, to use more and more coercive methods to sell it. Apple has failed to generate any enthusiasm among gamers, so the people responsible for that division use this feature to get in your face instead of asking why a gamer who wants to hot-rod his machine with overclocked chips, water cooling and lights would want to buy a closed system.

Using LS you have to decide if Apple, or Google for that matter, is connecting you to software update because they think you really need the latest version of something every few hours. The implications are much broader than this annoying thing with gamed.

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.

The OP wants to KILL the process, not just block it!

They know how to block it, but that doesn't STOP the **** thing from wasting memory (no matter how small the usage may be).

I've never played games in the year I've owned this computer, but there's gamed - chugging along day-in day-out using resources for no apparent reason. 😠

Even the commands I thought had worked weren't permanent, and gamed is now active again.

stíobhart wrote:

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

This one?

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

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.

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

Stiobhart's method (described in the third post above) worked for me after restarting the system. So open a console, run those commands, and restart your Mac. Little Snitch will stop complaining about it after that.

Good Luck

As you may have found out tht blocking it permanently in little snitch just results in thousands of attemps by it being blocked by Little Snitch. Which may have (insignificant or significant) impact on system resources.

It seems Apple is intent on making Mac OS X like Windows, at this point. The number of extraneous system services and processes running for background tasks that are irrelevant to all users, with no way to manage them outside terminal or file deletion... Not pleased. I am running FROM Windows, not intending to run to a mimicry of it. Is Apple going to create a registry too? Bah.

How do you actually do that ? I do not have a Launch Agents Disabled folder. Plist is a locked file, and even if is wasn't what do you write ?

I am quite annoyed too, like to be the master of my computer. If someone knocks on the my door and I don't want them in I get annoyed if they keep banging on my door.

I was able to find the first file mentioned (gamed) and squash it, but the second one does not seem to exist in the launchagents folder. Am I missing something?

BTW, just eliminating the 'gamed' UNIX resource file seems to do the trick. Thanks for that!

But all Little Snitch users should be aware that Apple definitely does not like Little Snitch. I was made aware of that fact recently when I talked with an AppleCare specialist. This could explain why they are not really concerned when there is a conflict between an Apple resource and LS that causes such things to happen.

Gordonols' solution was the best.. be aware, it appears that the components have recently reinstalled themselves, either from updating OS or playing video games on my phone. I had to go in and remove the offending files again.. thanks for the help!