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Q: disable gamed os x 10.11

I use Little Snitch to lock down my Mac and I constantly get notifications that GameD is trying to connect. I don't do any gaming on my Mac (it's strictly for work) so I'd like to completely shut down/disable GameD as it does me no good. I've found other posts related to older versions of OS X but with El Capitan they don't seem to work. How can I simply disable this service that I don't need or want?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Oct 2, 2015 8:23 AM

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  • by fmilos,Solvedanswer

    fmilos fmilos Oct 14, 2015 7:09 AM in response to cal.ripken
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    Oct 14, 2015 7:09 AM in response to cal.ripken

    Hello,

    I apparently succeeded with this command

     

    launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed.plist

     

    No LittleSnitch hits from gamed after a reboot; I hope it's gone for good.

     

    Regards.

     

    Fabio

  • by jfwhiting,

    jfwhiting jfwhiting Jan 2, 2016 8:10 PM in response to fmilos
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    Jan 2, 2016 8:10 PM in response to fmilos

    Thanks.  Finally, that did it.

  • by GreenMamba,

    GreenMamba GreenMamba Jan 12, 2016 5:42 PM in response to jfwhiting
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    Jan 12, 2016 5:42 PM in response to jfwhiting

    I used the same command. I think it has stopped. I too use Little Snitch to monitor network activity. I need to go through all of these processes that begin on startup and see what I actually need.

     

    Thanks

  • by BigPapa5,

    BigPapa5 BigPapa5 Jan 13, 2016 10:38 AM in response to cal.ripken
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    Jan 13, 2016 10:38 AM in response to cal.ripken

    This does not work for me on 10.11.2. Apple seems to have "hardened" that LaunchAgents folder. I cannot do anything in there, even as root. E.g.:

     

    [Sleek:~]# ls -l /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed.plist

    -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  1324 Aug 22 22:50 /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed.plist

    [Sleek:~]# launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed.plist

    /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed.plist: Could not find specified service

    [Sleek:/System/Library/LaunchAgents]# cd /System/Library/LaunchAgents/

    [Sleek:/System/Library/LaunchAgents]# touch test

    touch: test: Operation not permitted

     

    This is really annoying. This new "gamed" literally tries the network every second, forever. I cannot get rid of it.

     

    UPDATE: Ha! You have to do it NOT as root! Okay never mind. That works.

  • by BigPapa5,

    BigPapa5 BigPapa5 Jan 13, 2016 10:38 AM in response to BigPapa5
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    Jan 13, 2016 10:38 AM in response to BigPapa5

    Ha! You have to do this trick NOT as root! Okay never mind. That works.

  • by Really--,

    Really-- Really-- Feb 4, 2016 6:33 AM in response to cal.ripken
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    Feb 4, 2016 6:33 AM in response to cal.ripken

    Thanks for that. Was driving me nuts!!

  • by Carroll Morgan,

    Carroll Morgan Carroll Morgan Apr 5, 2016 5:37 PM in response to cal.ripken
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    Apr 5, 2016 5:37 PM in response to cal.ripken

    Another way is to use Little Snitch itself, especially nice since its messages are part of the irritation. Just edit the rules for gamed, and deny all outgoing connections.

  • by Xenic,

    Xenic Xenic May 1, 2016 12:00 PM in response to fmilos
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    May 1, 2016 12:00 PM in response to fmilos

    All the similar, but ineffective for me, commands did not work [10.11.4 (15E65) ].  This did.  Thanks.