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Apple Music and Apple TV Services Currently Down [Updated]

A number of users are reporting that several Apple services including Apple Music and content served via the Apple TV app are currently down. Apple has yet to update its System Status page to reflect any outages, but we will update this post as more information becomes available.

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‌Apple Music‌ users are seeing "Loading" text when trying to play tracks or browse, while users trying to view certain ‌Apple TV‌+ content and movies rented through the TV app have seen their streams stop functioning.

Update 8:20 pm: While Apple has still yet to acknowledge the outage on its status page, users are reporting that the affected services are once again functioning normally.

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Top Rated Comments

TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ Avatar
39 months ago
It was down for me too for a little but now I want a partial refund from Apple for the disruption. Is that possible?
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
39 months ago
I’ve found that the service that usually goes down first is the status page. It freezes until after the other problem is resolved.
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TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ Avatar
39 months ago

Why has this been happening so much recently?
It's because of the uninterested Apple AR/VR headset. Expect more reports like this until that thing is announced. 🥽
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
39 months ago
Okay, that's the 10th time in the month now , am i right ?

I'm guessing apple is shifting to a new backend. Or they just **** up
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Apple Fan 2008 Avatar
39 months ago
Why has this been happening so much recently?
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
39 months ago

It was down for me too for a little but now I want a partial refund from Apple for the disruption.
I mean we're joking, but given how often it happened, it wouldn't be so funny to ask for a partial refund due to the annoyance , just like wifi providers do
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)