gamed

executablemacOS10.6 MBx86_64, arm64

Messages application — handles text messaging, multimedia sharing, and encrypted communications

Manages iMessage and SMS messaging services with end-to-end encryption support for text, photos, videos, and other media. Authenticates users via Apple ID and accesses cryptographic keys from the device keychain for message encryption and signing. Syncs conversations and attachments with iCloud across user devices through dedicated sync protocols. Integrates contact management and people suggestions from the address book, listens for incoming messages through Apple's messaging infrastructure, and submits analytics telemetry about usage patterns. Maintains persistent storage of conversations and media in private application containers while enforcing code signing and hardened runtime protections.AI

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Platform: macOS
Type: executable
Arch: x86_64, arm64
Min OS: 26.1.0
SDK: 26.1.0
File Size: 10.6 MB
UUID: C539386A-BE43-3FA0-B710-7C663DB6D779
Analyzed: 2026-04-09T09:50:28Z
CDHash: e6bb0007f3a8a8df21688d998adba724f3a7fa700846227e0119a443e31514c4

Capabilities

KeychainDevice key bag (encryption keys)

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileKeyBag.framework/Versions/A/MobileKeyBag

NetworkMake outgoing network connections

com.apple.security.network.client [object Object]

NetworkListen for incoming network connections

com.apple.security.network.server [object Object]

NetworkiCloud data sync

/System/Library/Frameworks/CloudKit.framework/Versions/A/CloudKit

NetworkNetwork configuration and reachability

/System/Library/Frameworks/SystemConfiguration.framework/Versions/A/SystemConfiguration

NetworkCore networking (HTTP, FTP, DNS)

/System/Library/Frameworks/CFNetwork.framework/Versions/A/CFNetwork

NetworkModern networking framework (NWConnection)

/System/Library/Frameworks/Network.framework/Versions/A/Network

StoragePrivate storage area access

com.apple.private.security.storage.coreduet_knowledge_store [object Object]

StorageException: access additional file paths

com.apple.security.exception.files.absolute-path.read-only

StorageException: access additional file paths

com.apple.security.exception.files.home-subpath.read-write

/Library/Caches/com.apple.AppleMediaServices

StorageAddress book access

/System/Library/Frameworks/Contacts.framework/Versions/A/Contacts

StorageAddress book access

/System/Library/Frameworks/ContactsUI.framework/Versions/A/ContactsUI

IpcRestricted application group access

com.apple.private.security.restricted-application-groups

group.com.apple.gamecenter

IpcShared application group container access

com.apple.security.application-groups

group.com.apple.gamecenter

IpcApple identity/messaging services (iMessage)

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IDS.framework/Versions/A/IDS

IpcApple identity/messaging services (iMessage)

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IDSFoundation.framework/Versions/A/IDSFoundation

AnalyticsApple unified analytics submission

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreAnalytics.framework/Versions/A/CoreAnalytics

AnalyticsContact/people suggestion engine

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PeopleSuggester.framework/Versions/A/PeopleSuggester

SecurityHardened runtime process

com.apple.developer.hardened-process [object Object]

SecurityApple ID authentication

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AuthKit.framework/Versions/A/AuthKit

SecurityCryptographic operations

/System/Library/Frameworks/CryptoKit.framework/Versions/A/CryptoKit

SecurityKeychain, certificates, code signing

/System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/Security

SystemFeature flag evaluation

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FeatureFlags.framework/Versions/A/FeatureFlags

Frameworks92

AVConference Accounts AppStoreComponents AppStoreDaemon AppSupport AppleAccount AppleMediaServices ApplePushService AuthKit CloudKit Contacts CoreAnalytics CoreData CoreFoundation CoreRecents CoreServices CryptoKit Foundation GameCenterFoundation GameKitServices GameServices GameServicesCore IDS IMCore Intents PeopleSuggester Security SoftLinking libSystem.B.dylib SystemConfiguration TCC ToneLibrary UserNotifications libc++.1.dylib libicucore.A.dylib libsqlite3.dylib libz.1.dylib AppKit CommerceKit ContactsUI TelephonyUtilities libDiagnosticMessagesClient.dylib libobjc.A.dylib TapToRadarKit(weak)CFNetwork InstantMessage LightweightCodeRequirements Network SwiftData _SwiftData_CoreData AtomicsInternal BiomeLibrary BiomeStreams BoardServices FeatureFlags GameCenterOverlayService GamePolicy IDSFoundation IMFoundation IntelligencePlatformLibrary JetEngine MobileKeyBag SetupAssistantFramework libswiftAVFoundation.dylib(weak)libswiftAccelerate.dylib(weak)libswiftCompression.dylib(weak)libswiftCore.dylib libswiftCoreAudio.dylib(weak)libswiftCoreFoundation.dylib(weak)libswiftCoreImage.dylib(weak)libswiftCoreLocation.dylib(weak)libswiftCoreMIDI.dylib(weak)libswiftCoreMedia.dylib(weak)libswiftCoreMediaIO.dylib(weak)libswiftDispatch.dylib libswiftIOKit.dylib(weak)libswiftIntents.dylib(weak)libswiftMetal.dylib(weak)libswiftOSLog.dylib(weak)libswiftObjectiveC.dylib libswiftObservation.dylib libswiftQuartzCore.dylib(weak)libswiftSpatial.dylib(weak)libswiftSynchronization.dylib libswiftSystem.dylib libswiftUniformTypeIdentifiers.dylib libswiftXPC.dylib(weak)libswift_Builtin_float.dylib(weak)libswift_Concurrency.dylib libswift_StringProcessing.dylib libswiftos.dylib libswiftsimd.dylib(weak)

Entitlements64

Games.RecentlyPlayed

GameCenter.SuggestionFeedback <dict>

GameCenterLibraryRecentlyPlayed <dict>

GameCenterSuggestionFeedback <dict>

NSBonjourServices

adi-client 2463478364

application-identifier com.apple.gamed

aps-connection-initiatetrue

aps-environment serverPreferred

com.apple.CommCenter.fine-grained

com.apple.TapToRadarKit.service-accesstrue

com.apple.accounts.appleaccount.fullaccesstrue

com.apple.application-identifier com.apple.gamed

com.apple.authkit.client.privatetrue

com.apple.coreduetd.allowtrue

com.apple.coreduetd.peopletrue

com.apple.datadetectors.source-write.usertrue

com.apple.developer.hardened-processtrue

com.apple.developer.icloud-container-environment Production

com.apple.developer.icloud-database-environment development

com.apple.developer.icloud-services

com.apple.developer.notificationcenter-identifiers

com.apple.gamecenter

com.apple.developer.usernotifications.time-sensitivetrue

com.apple.private.accounts.allaccountstrue

com.apple.private.applemediaservicestrue

com.apple.private.appstorecomponentstrue

com.apple.private.appstored

PurchaseHistory CrossFire Library Ocelot IAPHistory

com.apple.private.aps-connection-initiatetrue

com.apple.private.biome.writer GameCenter.AchievementEarned

com.apple.private.cloudkit.systemServicetrue

com.apple.private.commerce

com.apple.private.commercekit.appstoretrue

com.apple.private.corerecentstrue

com.apple.private.ids.registration

com.apple.private.alloy.arcade com.apple.private.alloy.arcade.fastsync

com.apple.private.ids.remoteurlconnectiontrue

com.apple.private.imcore.imagenttrue

com.apple.private.imcore.imdpersistence.database-accesstrue

com.apple.private.imcore.imremoteurlconnectiontrue

com.apple.private.imcore.imtranscoderservicetrue

com.apple.private.intelligenceplatform.use-cases <dict>

com.apple.private.network.socket-delegatetrue

com.apple.private.nsurlsession.impersonatetrue

com.apple.private.security.daemon-containertrue

com.apple.private.security.restricted-application-groups

group.com.apple.gamecenter

com.apple.private.security.storage.coreduet_knowledge_storetrue

com.apple.private.suggestions.contactstrue

com.apple.private.tcc.allow

kTCCServiceAddressBook kTCCServiceLiverpool kTCCServiceUbiquity kTCCServiceGameCenterFriends

com.apple.private.tcc.allow-prompting

kTCCServiceGameCenterFriends

com.apple.private.tcc.allow.overridable

kTCCServiceGameCenterFriends

com.apple.private.tcc.manager.access.delete

kTCCServiceGameCenterFriends

com.apple.private.tcc.manager.check-by-audit-token

kTCCServiceGameCenterFriends

com.apple.private.usernotifications.bundle-identifiers

com.apple.gamecenter

com.apple.security.application-groups

group.com.apple.gamecenter

com.apple.security.exception.files.absolute-path.read-only

com.apple.security.exception.files.home-subpath.read-write

/Library/Caches/com.apple.AppleMediaServices

com.apple.security.exception.shared-preference.read-only

com.apple.MobileSMS com.apple.messages com.apple.applicationaccess

com.apple.security.exception.shared-preference.read-write

com.apple.AppStoreComponents

com.apple.security.lockdownmode.readtrue

com.apple.security.network.clienttrue

com.apple.security.network.servertrue

com.apple.security.personal-information.addressbooktrue

com.apple.security.temporary-exception.mach-lookup.global-name

com.apple.appstorecomponentsd.xpc com.apple.storeagent-xpc com.apple.ak.anisette.xpc com.apple.cdp.daemon com.apple.mobile.keybagd.xpc com.apple.usernotifications.usernotificationservice com.apple.usernotifications.listener com.apple.identityservicesd.embedded.auth com.apple.biome.access.user com.apple.GameOverlayUI

mode read-write

Interesting Strings

Bundle IDs(271)

com.apple.application-identifier com.apple.authkit.client.private com.apple.private.imcore.imagent !com.apple.CommCenter.fine-grained0 !com.apple.appstorecomponentsd.xpc

File Paths(94)

,/Library/Caches/com.apple.AppleMediaServices0 /AppleInternal/Library/BuildRoots/4~B_xXugDCqADj5n14NEg0-Fg3JNvBmauq3qDEsqk/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/GameCenter_Daemons/Frameworks/GameCenterFoundation/GKInternalRepresentation+Cache.m /AppleInternal/Library/BuildRoots/4~B_xXugDCqADj5n14NEg0-Fg3JNvBmauq3qDEsqk/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/GameCenter_Daemons/Frameworks/GameCenterFoundation/gamed/AMP/GKAMPController.m /AppleInternal/Library/BuildRoots/4~B_xXugDCqADj5n14NEg0-Fg3JNvBmauq3qDEsqk/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/GameCenter_Daemons/Frameworks/GameCenterFoundation/gamed/GKAcceptedInviteManager.m /AppleInternal/Library/BuildRoots/4~B_xXugDCqADj5n14NEg0-Fg3JNvBmauq3qDEsqk/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/GameCenter_Daemons/Frameworks/GameCenterFoundation/gamed/GKAccountService.m

telemetry(198)

%@ - Not submitting delayed requests because retry time interval has not expired. Will try again %@ is being asked to submit a delayed request for multiple players:%@. This is not currently supported. Bag key: %@-[GKAMPController setupMetricsIfNecessary]-[GKDelayedRequestWriter readAndSubmitDelayedRequestsOfResources:handler:]-[GKGameServicePrivate submitFriendListAccess:value:handler:]_block_invoke

URLs & Endpoints(19)

$http://crl.apple.com/codesigning.crl0 %http://www.apple.com/appleca/root.crl0 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"><string>com.apple.compilers.llvm.clang.1_0</string>https://apps.apple.com/app/id%@

Network Surfaceentitled

Networking Frameworks

CFNetwork CoreFoundation Foundation GameCenterFoundation IDSFoundation IMFoundation Network libswiftAVFoundation.dylib libswiftCoreFoundation.dylib

Endpoints(33)

Urlhttps://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/entitlements/com_apple_developer_game-center

Hostnamedeveloper.apple.com

Urlhttps://games.apple.com/?fullscreen=true

Hostnamegames.apple.com

Urlhttps://apps.apple.com/app/id%@

Hostnameapps.apple.com

Hostnameemail.com

Urlhttps://games.apple.com

Urlhttps://td1.apple.com/WebObjects/GKInit.woa/wa/getBag?ix={ix}

Hostnametd1.apple.com

Urlhttps://td2.apple.com/WebObjects/GKInit.woa/wa/getBag?ix={ix}

Hostnametd2.apple.com

Urlhttps://td3.apple.com/WebObjects/GKInit.woa/wa/getBag?ix={ix}

Hostnametd3.apple.com

Urlhttps://td4.apple.com/WebObjects/GKInit.woa/wa/getBag?ix={ix}

Hostnametd4.apple.com

Urlhttps://init.gc.apple.com/WebObjects/GKInit.woa/wa/getBag?ix={ix}

Hostnameinit.gc.apple.com

Urlhttps://games.apple.com/player/

Urlhttps://games.apple.com/play-together

HostnameNetworkRequestManagerEntityCache.store

HostnameInstallMetadata.store

HostnameAppMetadata.store

Urlhttps://games.apple.com/challenge/

Urlhttps://apps.apple.com/app/id6744464675

Urlhttp://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

Hostnamewww.apple.com

Hostnamemacosx26.1.internal

Urlhttp://www.apple.com/appleca/root.crl0

Urlhttp://crl.apple.com/codesigning.crl0

Hostnamecrl.apple.com

Urlhttps://www.apple.com/appleca/0

API Usage

Methods

-[GKStoreBag _sendAsynchronousRequest:responseMustBeSigned:completion:]-[GKStoreBag _sendAsynchronousRequest:responseMustBeSigned:preconnect:completion:]-[GKStoreBag getURLForKey:queue:handler:]-[GKStoreBag initWithURL:dataRequestManager:]-[GKStoreBag requestWithURL:playerID:authToken:pushToken:client:gameDescriptor:postData:includeUDID:includeAPNS:sapSession:]-[GKStoreBag requestWithURL:playerID:authToken:pushToken:client:gameDescriptor:postData:includeUDID:includeAPNS:sapSession:includeClientInfoAuthHeader:preconnect:]

DNA Capability Vector

Location

0

Keychain

1

Network

6

Storage

5

Hardware

0

IPC

4

Analytics

2

Security

4

System

1

Behavioral Profile

URL Endpoints

19

Telemetry Strings

198

File Paths

94

Bundle IDs

271

IOKit Constants

0

Library Functions

0

Structural HashesSHA-256

Code27fe61729622f49ab907f25f4d910db40ae359dfa8352812825ed4e54edc9768

Imports731c199c06dd51e6334676a931072559a4ba18d638e303de61c0aed887036a8e

Frameworks9f2ec4ce641decaf4b7ea8c8e55e2bf7a04274c8a879cf82dd3662084eae9a02

Classes5a5869ee43dc1bf217396610c25c0f8d0df947663c28e37828dbec39e2aa8ebc

Entitlements1eca9e764f7ee733df48f487d537b16983762cc36c7f1258353f58c22673b8a6

Symbols947c29e899491bfbf5f40dde603e6c0f14e2e29291ed6cc0e99247d655338fa1

Static Libraries0 / 12246 functions identified

Functions(12246)

0x1000034a0sub_1000034a0

0x1000039c0sub_1000039c0

0x1000039dcsub_1000039dc

0x1000039e8-[GKService _coreInitWithTransport:forClient:localPlayer:credential:]

0x100003b60-[GKService initWithoutCredentialWithTransport:forClient:]

0x100003bfc-[GKService initWithTransport:forClient:localPlayer:credential:]

0x100003e10+[GKService serviceWithTransport:forClient:credential:]

0x100003ee0+[GKService serviceWithTransport:forClient:localPlayer:]

0x100003f84+[GKService serviceFromService:]

0x100004078+[GKService serviceForBundleID:localPlayer:]

0x100004114+[GKService requiredEntitlements]

0x10000420c+[GKService interfaceClass]

0x100004304-[GKService requiresAuthentication]

0x10000430c-[GKService requiresAuthenticationForSelector:]

0x100004310-[GKService playerIDBypassingMultiUser]

0x100004368-[GKService transactionGroupBypassingMultiUserWithName:]

0x1000043f0-[GKService transportBypassingMultiUser]

0x1000043f8-[GKService managedObjectContextBypassingMultiUser]

0x100004480-[GKService transactionGroupWithName:]

0x100004520-[GKService transactionGroupWithName:forPlayerID:]

Imports2353 symbols from 61 dylibs

GameCenterFoundation499 libswiftCore.dylib355 Foundation270 GameServices191 GameServicesCore168

Exports1

_mh_execute_header0x0

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