Apple Store is DOWN!

[Eminemdrdre00]

I just noticed @ 8:26 EST
http://store.apple.com/

New Macs?!

[superatombomb]

hmmm, interesting. I doubt it though.

[Jolly Jimmy]

Belgian store is down too. Probably just maintenance I guess.

[rusty2192]

The US store is down. I noticed it about 10-15 minutes ago.

[Eminemdrdre00]

Belgian store is down too. Probably just maintenance?

Why would they do maintenance @ 5:30pm PST & 8:30pm EST...those are peak hours!

[ziggyonice]

It's down worldwide!

All the stores are down! :eek:

[brn2ski00]

Why would they do maintenance @ 5:30pm PST & 8:30pm EST...those are peak hours!

odd, i know

[iMacmatician]

Weird. At first I thought, "new iMacs…tomorrow's a Tuesday!," then, "oh probably just maintenance," now I'm wondering how long the store will be down (not long? until early next morning?).

[brendu]

editing iWork Page again?

[Mew2468]

Canadian Store is down too...could be new products... :D

[gan6660]

They just did maitenance last weekend. So what could it be!!!

[offwidafairies]

yeah i noticed 10mins ago too and keep refreshing eagerly :):):) im in the game for a new computer :D:D:D

[yg17]

I was browsing around it about an hour ago and pages were loading slowly and I kept getting various error messages, it's probably a technical problem.

[guydude193]

Don't get your hopes up, guys. They're most likely doing maintenance. It could be possible that the Apple Store has H1N1. Hehe... bad joke. Sorry.

[macdoofus]

WE ARE BUSY UPDATING THE STORE FOR YOU AND WILL BE BACK SHORTLY

:eek:

[MacGiver]

I just tried apple.com and it is up on my side...no change noticed

[Pressure]

I just tried apple.com and it is up on my side...no change noticed

People are talking about the Apple Store (http://www.apple.com/store).

Not their main site.

[Eminemdrdre00]

I just tried apple.com and it is up on my side...no change noticed

Apple.com isnt down...
http://store.apple.com/ is down!

[MacGiver]

Oops...sorry about that..yep it is actually down...would be nice if they could upgrade the MBP :)

[celticpride678]

Like others said, maintenance was done just last weekend. Either a technical issue or something is happening behind the scenes.

MacBook? iMac? iPod touch with camera? Price cuts?

Who knows?

[silentnite]

Discounting the IMAC i hope! :D

[gkarris]

8:10pm Central Time....

DOWN....

I've never recalled it being down during a Monday evening...

They must be doing MAJOR updates for it to be down for a whole night...

[Mexbearpig]

MacBook? iMac? iPod touch with camera? Price cuts?

Oh! I hope so! That would perfect my day. :)

[gan6660]

Well its been down for about an hour now so its longer than maitenance takes. Maybe it will be down all night and tomorrow will bring new imacs, macbooks, apple tv, and the tablet!! As others have said I have never seen it down during the week for maitenance. Something as big as the tablet would surely require the store to have a major update.

[Harpy007]

9h15 pm Eastern, still down in Canada

[celticpride678]

Oh! I hope so! That would perfect my day. :)

Price cuts, maybe. However, I would think that Apple would hold some type of even for a new iMac and MacBook. Also for the iPod touch. Must be something else. Certainly not the tablet.

[offwidafairies]

Oops...sorry about that..yep it is actually down...would be nice if they could upgrade the MBP :)

for sure. check out why i need a new lappy

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=8563376#post8563376

[gkarris]

Well its been down for about an hour now so its longer than maitenance takes. Maybe it will be down all night and tomorrow will bring new imacs, macbooks, apple tv, and the tablet!! As others have said I have never seen it down during the week for maitenance. Something as big as the tablet would surely require the store to have a major update.

They just updated the AppleTV (well, only a 160 Gig at a lower price).

I'm thinking the rumored new and lower priced iMacs and MacBook.

[celticpride678]

They just updated the AppleTV (well, only a 160 Gig at a lower price).

I'm thinking the rumored new and lower priced iMacs and MacBook.

But then what would be at the keynote in October/November. They have to have one.

ITS BACK UP!!!!!!!

[Jolly Jimmy]

Store is back up. Anything new?

[offwidafairies]

so disappointed. back online. nothing that makes me happy :(

[Mexbearpig]

Its back up for me

[Eminemdrdre00]

Doesnt look like theres anything new =\

[Harpy007]

Back up... don't see anything new...

[iMacmatician]

Price cuts, maybe. However, I would think that Apple would hold some type of even for a new iMac and MacBook.They silently announced the original MacBook…although I think that's more the exception rather than the rule.

EDIT: Yep, back up, nothing new.

[rhyx]

It's back!

OMG THE MAC TABLET IS THERE.

[offwidafairies]

Wtf???? Tablet???

[gilkisson]

It's back!

OMG THE MAC TABLET IS THERE.

Dude. That was wrong.

[celticpride678]

It's back!

OMG THE MAC TABLET IS THERE.

That's not even funny. Anyways, it is down again. Interesting:confused:

And its back up again. Calm down, Apple.

[gkarris]

Store is back up. Anything new?

Nothing... :(

[SnowLeopard2008]

Nothing new... except now there's a $999 refurbished iMac w/ 9400M graphics.

[three]

Wtf???? Tablet???

He was joking.

[Harpy007]

Down again huh? Maintenance?

[Mexbearpig]

Hmm its going on then off. I click on store at it says its down. Then I click refresh andits up :confused:

[celticpride678]

Down again huh? Maintenance?

This is getting kinda annoying. Goes up for two seconds, then down. Steve is probably not happy with something.:D

[offwidafairies]

i have to go to work now. bum. i just wanna refresh the apple store all day. it would make my day if there is an update to imac or even better to the mbp.

i turn 30 in a couple of weeks. what a nice present for myself ;):p

[Mexbearpig]

This is getting kinda annoying. Goes up for two seconds, then down. Steve is probably not happy with something.:D

Maybe a letter is a pixel too high :p

[MacLawyer]

I tried to access the Apple Store and the they're down. "Back soon" it says!

New Macs!

[iMacmatician]

Hmm its going on then off. I click on store at it says its down. Then I click refresh andits up :confused:That's what's happening to me.

[Mexbearpig]

UGH! This is sooooo suspenseful!

[gkarris]

It's going up and down...

I say they're getting it ready for something tomorrow...

[celticpride678]

Someone should call them and ask what's up with this.

[rhyx]

Someone should call them and ask what's up with this.

They are trying to figure out how to fit all the awesomeness of the Mac Tablet on just one screen.

[SnowLeopard2008]

Yea... Apple is getting ready to release quad core iMacs w/ Blu-Ray, a Mac tablet, quad core MacBooks/Pros w/ Blu-Ray, iPod touches w/ HD camera, and quad core MacBook Airs for under $1000.

<sarcasm>

Maintenance is most likely.

[tclamp07]

The apple store is working fine on my end for the last half hour or so...

[rhyx]

Yea... Apple is getting ready to release quad core iMacs w/ Blu-Ray, a Mac tablet, quad core MacBooks/Pros w/ Blu-Ray, iPod touches w/ HD camera, and quad core MacBook Airs for under $1000.

<sarcasm>

Maintenance is most likely.

You're trolling wrong! It has to be something remotely plausible.

[celticpride678]

Yea... Apple is getting ready to release quad core iMacs w/ Blu-Ray, a Mac tablet, quad core MacBooks/Pros w/ Blu-Ray, iPod touches w/ HD camera, and quad core MacBook Airs for under $1000.

<sarcasm>

Maintenance is most likely.

I just don't see them doing maintenance every week. Especially on a Monday.

The apple store is working fine on my end for the last half hour or so...

If you click the Apple sign to go to the homepage and then back to the store it is down. Looks like it got cached or something.

[gilkisson]

Yea... quad core MacBook Airs ...



Just in time for winter, too. Be handy as a space heater...

[MacDaddy901]

The store is back up here in the US. Don't notice anything different. I'm pretty sure they were having some technical issues. It was a weird time to see the store go down.

[miki66]

it remains down here all the time, hopefully at least a new mouse would be coming out

[jim.arrows]

It's going up and down...

That's what she said... :p

[Mexbearpig]

That's what she said... :p

haha nice one

[TeddyLeroux]

When they released the new ipods in september did the store do this??

[eugenio01]

I'll bet Mac mini's, server and maybe imacs

Snow leopard server has come out without any specific hardware for it thus a server would be my first guess. Also mac minis are the most underpowered of machines and are due to step up to the bigtime for 64bit/ 4Gb ram. Imac - well we all want one

[Aadhil]

There's a new special edition Ipod Shuffle Stainless Steel.

[Mexbearpig]

There's a new special edition Ipod Shuffle Stainless Steel.

Thats been out since the September event....

[ironman159]

Up again for me.

[pukifloyd]

i checked it...its opening for me:(

new updates would be awesome!:cool:

[trekandmacfan]

For U.S. users, I've found that adding us/ to http://store.apple.com/ brings up the store every time. It doesn't seem to have ever been completely down.

[Mexbearpig]

^ Or just hit refresh...
Hmm still down for me. Still doing this though
Hmm its going on then off. I click on store at it says its down. Then I click refresh andits up

[TeddyLeroux]

mine is up again ... doesnt look like anything brand new... i guess thats why they habe keynote presentations first... but it shouldnt be long until new imacs and macbooks do come... cant wait!!!!

[Harpy007]

Mine is still down but up if I hit refresh... weird :confused:

[Mexbearpig]

Aww... when I go to it it is up without refreshing :(

[Saturn1217]

Down again:confused:

Maybe we'll get a surprise tomorrow. It is a tuesday :)

[Sun Baked]

Down?

So are my pants, though I wouldn't read too much into it.

[.Andy]

Down?

So are my pants, though I wouldn't read too much into it.
No release then?

[puckhead193]

No release then?

oo snap! lol
Its down for me... umm new imacs and the new plastic macbook?
hope its new macbook pros though

[AAPLaday]

There does seem to be an unusually high number of MBP's in the uk refurb store Although that doesn't mean anything really as surely it's iMacs that are getting updated :p

[Sun Baked]

No release then?

Well, I am on your computer screen right now ...

I have poor aim, so even though I am aiming at your keyboard who knows where the load will land.

[angemon89]

Don't new releases usually come out on Tuesday? :eek:

I smell fresh new MacBooks. It would be awesome if they bring back a black model.

[hobbbz]

The system is down...the system is down...

[tooz]

OMFG! THEY PUT A CAMERA IN THE IPOD TOUCH!!! 32 & 64GB!
LINK (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0)

[AAPLaday]

Infact with those prices im tempted to pull the trigger on a refurb 15 inch. If i do then there will definitely be a MBP update :p

[tempusfugit]

Rick Astley iPod Classics!

[waloshin]

Why is the apple.ca store down?

[electroshock]

Why is the apple.ca store down?

Another place mentioned this for the U.S. store and when it came back up, said it appears to have been routine maintenance. Don't know about the .ca store, but possibly a similar reason?

[LowEnder]

Well,it is still down and it looks like everywhere!
Should I go to bed now and wake up early?
or stay up late and get up late...surely they will be open by 10am EST
Can't wait to see those new remotes and mice :eek:

[Blunder82]

http://store.apple.com/dk

And there is no new products :(

[nick1516]

http://store.apple.com/dk

And there is no new products :(

Still down here in the U.S.

[Tricky_Trav]

I know Steve will never let us down, and would never run around and desert us. He also could not tell a lie and hurt us. :)

In all seriousness, tomorrow IS a Tuesday, and it has been said the new MacBook's and iMac's would come out during this time frame (late Sept. - Mid Oct.). I doubt the MBP's get any updates right now though. They'll probably hold off until they can get the arrandale quad-core's inside them next spring.

[JoeG4]

It's down again, but I think that's normal at this time.

[jsook724]

its back up for me

[yanquis]

still down here.

[Chaszmyr]

still down here.

Try refreshing and/or clearing your cache? It's up, and there are no new products.

[yanquis]

ugh, yep, its up now. damn.

[nick1516]

I'm not seeing any changes yet, has anybody spotted anything?

[L0s7man]

*sigh*

Maybe The Great Steve-O thinks i7 is "a bag of hurt" too...

[Bengt77]

Man, this is crazy! Not the store going down and coming back up, but all you people going mad over it. How likely would it be to find people going crazy over Dell's store doing this?

[L0s7man]

Man, this is crazy! Not the store going down and coming back up, but all you people going mad over it. How likely would it be to find people going crazy over Dell's store doing this?

It's not about the store. It's about Apple's ********* up hardware-cycle policy or even about their general policy. People want new hardware. We can be pretty sure about everyone on the market, but not Apple. And that pisses people off. If I buy Apple now, God knows if I'll be able to buy next one - they might throw away all hardware that I deem essential and what then? In PC world (not that Mac is any different than a PC) there are alternatives - you can look for exactly what you want. In Mac world there is only ONE (MB, MBP, MBA are not really different options; fundamentally - hardware wise - they're all the same) option and it's a wildcard.

Or another example of what pisses me off. The middle MBP. I don't want to shed dough for the top of the line, but I want the damn 512MB of video memory. But the middle one has 256! Seriously? There is NO TECHNICAL OR COST CUTTING REASON (like saving 5 bucks maybe) to do it. But the top line has a bigger HDD which I don't care for and a slightly faster CPU which I don't care for either. I care for 200 quid heavier price tag.

I think whole Apple is a bunch of ********** and if it wasn't for the fact that I like OS X, I'd be happy to move on to greener pastures.

[gjw4u]

L0s7man if you think "Apple is a bunch of ********** ", why not just get a grip on life, and "move on to greener pastures".

[mickbab]

In PC world there are alternatives - you can look for exactly what you want.

Perhaps this is the direction you should be heading.

[L0s7man]

L0s7man if you think "Apple is a bunch of ********** ", why not just get a grip on life, and "move on to greener pastures".

Didn't you see a conditional - namely "if" - in my statement? Let me point it out:

"if it wasn't for the fact that I like OS X"

Maybe my choice of words is too complicated to understand?

[ziggyonice]

Appears to be up and running again. Rather strange that it was out most of the night. Either they were having some major issues tonight or they've got something up their sleeve after the Sun rises.

[StuartCH]

I just briefly checked the UK's Apple Online Store a couple of minutes ago and guess what? Yes, it's down. Yellow Sticky-note and everything. w00t iPhonez 4 Orange.

[thegoldenmackid]

Yes seems odd now that twice in a matter of 24 hours the store has been down in various places for little updates. Must be massive maintenance.

[StuartCH]

Here's the Link if you don't believe me http://www.store.apple.com/uk/ (THE STORE WAS DOWN AT THE TIME OF POSTING THIS REPLY)

UPDATE: Now when I click that link it takes me to the US Online Store... Weird....
Store Merger/ More info about iPhone on Other Carriers ??

I'm off to bed now people it's 12:24 PM, make what you can of this, I'll come back to the thread tomorrow :cool:

[ThE.MeSsEnGeR]

Here's the Link if you don't believe me http://www.store.apple.com/uk/ (THE STORE WAS DOWN AT THE TIME OF POSTING THIS REPLY)

UPDATE: Now when I click that link it takes me to the US Online Store... Weird....
Store Merger/ iPhone on Other Carrier news??

Yep, UK still down... US is up and normal... Spain is down... Germany down... Australia Up... France, down....

Well, u got the idea.... some are up and some are down.... :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[MagicBoy]

Oh noes. Fire up the conspiracy generator!

Given that it's 1am, is it not possible that Apple are performing some server maintenance?

Watch Apple launch the iTablet in a couple of hours so I look like a total loser now ;-)