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

Thanks for the suggestion but this does not work on El Capitan At least not 10.11.6. None of the above suggestions in this thread work. At least not on my iMac. It just reappears and keeps phoning away I also get 'Could not write domain /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed; exiting'.

Its amazing Apple seem to have made it indestructible in this version. There seem to be no library files relating to Gamed visible and even the process pathway logged by Little Snitch (/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GameCenterFoundation.framework/Versions/A) does not exist or is invisible.

I have it blocked on LS and it phones about 400 times each startup before giving up. This doesnt seem to do any harm or slow things, its just annoying something unneccessary cant be stopped! Its seems a mystery why Apple have made it so unstoppable and insistent in its connection attempts, though maybe its for reasons greater than just games... ooer spooky! 


If anybody ever finds a way to 100% stop it on 10.11 and later please post!

stíobhart wrote:

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

This one?

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

Thanks for the litle procedure for eliminating the gamed process.

for me, it works !

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

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

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..

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.

Location Path

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

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.

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.

Should add to this:

sudo launchctl stop com.apple.gamed

To stop the running process as well.

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