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

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

I know this seems like a no brainer, but why not just tell Little Snitch to permanantly block it, then it should go away? If you want it back in the future, just modify LS prefs.. just a thought

Oops, that didn't work

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.

There seems to be a simple solution within Finder. Remove both:

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

/System/Library/Launch Agents/com.apple.gamed.plist

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 am sympathetic to your annoyance. See my post above. Simple and seems to be complete and final.

The following line in Terminal should do the job just as well if you don't want to manually edit the .plist file:

sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed disabled -bool true

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.

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.

I like this solution since I'm not deleting files and I have the option to enable it in the future if required.

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!

"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."

Dang. That's awesome.

There seems to be a simple solution within Finder. Remove both:

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

/System/Library/Launch Agents/com.apple.gamed.plist

Thank you for your help as it was annoying me to no end as well.

Your fix worked perfectly!