This is outrageous. I've been without access to my email for more than 20 hours now. Apple support can't give me any answers and all we get is the same recycled update on the system status page. My businessmy livelihoodis tied to my access.
Wow, some people gotta stop over reacting.
**** like this happens! It'll be fixed soon. This is the first I've had any problem with the iCloud service. I have a gmail but it's my junk account. iCloud, IMO, is much better so that's why I stick with it.
I would hate to believe that their focus on today's iPhone 5 launch is getting in the way of fixing this problem.
Wow, some people gotta stop over reacting.
**** like this happens! It'll be fixed soon. This is the first I've had any problem with the iCloud service. I have a gmail but it's my junk account. iCloud, IMO, is much better so that's why I stick with it.
For those defending apple herein, can you offer me a valid reason why I should not be pissed, appalled, or disgusted; as to why a simple email service has been out for me (and other users) for 27 hours? Believe it or not, many users have needs for Personal email today, 2012.
Case in point- we have a family wedding this weekend; and my wife is waiting for a dress to ship. Well, guess where her confirmation code was sent? For security, they now escalated the problem at the vendor to determine if she can get a new email to confirm her shipment- for some reason, she was sent an email on Tues to confirm; yet she did not get it and assumed all was well until she told me last eve she was not getting personal emails. My sons school is emailing me this week as we are setting up some events for the PTSA this Monday, now it a mad dash get everyone an alternative email addy. I for one do NOT like mixing my business emails with personal email addresses, ever.
All tied to MM/iCloud.
This is OK because it's apple, right?
My go-daddy email went offline on Monday (my website was not affected), but they acknowledged it; issued a statement, and it was back up (for me at least) in about 4 hours. I am not a huge fan of Go-daddy by any means; but this week has shown me who has a little wherewithal to at least issue some assistance or communication as to such a high service outage. I find over 1MM users being out kind of a high number at least.
The iCloud/former MM status page is and always has been a worthless point of reference and nothing more. It's out, next update in 5 hours. It's out, next update in 3 hours....
Wow, where did you find the time, after all that, to write such a long winded boring anecdotal story?
Nothing of value to add, noted...
It's just one of the iCloud services, yes, but e-mail is a pretty big one to lose for over a 24 hours if you happen to rely on their service. I've used Gmail since it was launched and can't recall an event like this during all these years.
My businessmy livelihoodis tied to my access.
I am the biggest Apple fan you'll meet and have been since buying my first Mac SE in 1987. But the way Apple is responding to this has even me wondering if I need to move my email to a more stable server.
No email for 30 hours now and folks are being dramatic? Clearly some users don't get important or business email from Icloud.
EXACTLY. Mine's been down for 25 hours now. Was expecting a job offer yesterday - 8 years I've been waiting for it, on the list trying to get in. If it did come, and I don't reply, I'll loose it and it will go to the next candidate. Been up all night hitting refresh non-stop. Called them first thing this morning to try to get more answers - didn't get anywhere.
My girlfriend has had some forms emailed to her that she needs to fill in prior to going for an MRI scan on Friday and she can't get emails...
This is OK because it's apple, right?
Why?People need to ... support Apple.
How do you know this? Maybe they just don't see it as high priority.They are doing their best to resolve this problem as quickly as possible.
Again, you have no knowledge of what has happened so you cannot make any assumptions on what Apple has done.As I wrote last night, this only affects a tiny proportion of the iCloud universe so Apple has done a good job limiting problems to a tiny minority.
How do you know this? Do you know the cause? Is it different from the past?In the past, an outage like this would have affected everyone. Progress.