Apple's App Stores, Some iCloud Services Experiencing Temporary Outage

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According to Apple's system status page, multiple store services are currently experiencing an outage. The App Store, Apple TV App Store, Mac App Store, iTunes in the Cloud, and the Volume Purchase Program are unavailable for some users.

The outage started just after 12:30 p.m., and we have also heard reports of problems with Apple Music and Apple News, though those are not service outages currently listed on the system status page.

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Apple is investigating the issue and will bring the services back online as soon as possible.

Update: Several more iCloud services are now experiencing issues, as seen on Apple's system status page.

Update 3:40: The App Stores and some Apple services are back online, but iCloud Backup, iCloud Drive, Mail Drop, Photos, and a few other service remain offline.

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fumi2014 Avatar
fumi2014
65 months ago
Hope this doesn't happen when I'm driving one of their cars.
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jpn Avatar
jpn
65 months ago
so. im in my apple car.
and...
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dannyyankou Avatar
dannyyankou
65 months ago
I don't expect online services to be perfect, but this happens several times per year. When was the last time you've heard about Google having s system outage?
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jasonklee Avatar
jasonklee
65 months ago
If only my wife went down as often as iCloud does...
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TheAppleFairy
65 months ago
Yeah get this message every time I open coc.

EDIT: I am not actually trying to purchase anything though.

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dannyyankou Avatar
dannyyankou
65 months ago
Get it together Apple
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