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App Store, Apple Music, and More Experiencing Outage [Update: Fixed]

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The App Store, Mac App Store, Apple Music, subscription purchases, and AppleCare on Device are all experiencing an outage, according to Apple's System Status page.

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Apple says that the services have been unavailable for some users since 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

Affected users may be unable to make purchases in the iTunes Store, ‌Mac App Store‌, and ‌App Store‌, and are also experiencing intermittent issues with ‌Apple Music‌.

Update: Apple has fixed the outage.

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icanhazmac
28 months ago
Great, all those EU patches wreaking havoc already.



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turbineseaplane
28 months ago
My curated local library is working great! :p
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smorrissey
28 months ago
Amazing just exactly when i decided to restore my ipad...sigh.
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Westside guy
28 months ago

Amazing just exactly when i decided to restore my ipad...sigh.
Well, now we know who to blame for the outage!
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coolfactor
28 months ago

Would be a non-issue, if we could sideload.
Just wait for the fly-by-night stores that will pop up, sell apps, and then disappear without a trace.

You think it will be better... but we've had it really good compared to how it will be.
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chachawpi
28 months ago
Apple Music seems fine for me right now.
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