I've been running Little Snitch
for a month or so now and it has been quite fascinating to see (and block) so many attempted connections.
gamed
is constantly 'in the news'. Please check out the attached screenshot for gamed. I've been allowing connections as it is an Apple certified process. Is it meant to be hitting so many IPs and different ports? What's more, I do not play games on my MBP, though my kids play through my account on iOS devices so perhaps that is where the activity stems from.
Is gamed
meant to be hitting so many different IPs and ports?
Best Answer
Yes it is. Why it does I couldn't tell you, but it does seem to do this as per this Apple forum. There are ways to disable it if you would like it to stop being so annoying.
From that same Apple forum:
Edit: also note that because little snitch manages your computer's connectivity, not your network, the gamed process that is requesting those IP addresses is the one on your computer, NOT one from any iOS device.