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The non-functional “store” tab at the top left of apple.com is new.
Not sure if he had the same thing I did. The store came back online for a minute or two with seemingly no changes. A few minutes later, I refreshed and the new tab appeared.
 
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This is on Apple Canada website.
 
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I had to click buy something like iMac then within that environment the store link works. But not directly.

Somebody is not testing this before it going back online. :D

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Not liking the webpage design. Feels very old and not well laid out. Scrolling with the mouse in Safari on my Mac is really broken.
 
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Apple's online Apple Store is down at the current time, and attempting to access it to make a purchase gives the standard "Be Right Back" message.

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Given that it's a Tuesday night/afternoon in the United States and we're not expecting any new products this week, it's likely that this is a temporary maintenance outage that is not related to a new product release. The Apple Store app is also down at the current time.

We'll update this article when the online Apple Store is back up and functional, and we'll let MacRumors readers know if there are any notable changes.

Update: The online Apple Store is back up. Apple has re-added a "Store" tab to its main site, but that appears to be the only change, suggesting the outage was mostly a behind-the-scenes maintenance update.

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Article Link: Apple's Online Store Temporarily Down [Update: Back Up]
When are they coming back on?
 
Apple EPP (Employee Purchase Program) links are still down, it seems? In fact, I've not been able to access it (at least the link associated with my organisation) since the weekend. Anyone else having this issue?
 
Apple EPP (Employee Purchase Program) links are still down, it seems? In fact, I've not been able to access it (at least the link associated with my organisation) since the weekend. Anyone else having this issue?
Just tried it and seems to be working for me. Not sure if it helps but I’m UK based and go in via SmartSpending. Only thing I can suggest is closing the browser/app down and relaunching it. If that doesn’t work, I think it’s a case of speaking to whoever supports to Apple EPP at your organisatio.
 
They’re horrible Youtubers that talk about video exporting for the most part and using that as some sort of universal computing metric.

To be fair... they are filmmakers. I knew Max from his camera reviews back in the day.

So yeah... they tend to focus on video exporting.

:)
 
Not liking the webpage design. Feels very old and not well laid out. Scrolling with the mouse in Safari on my Mac is really broken.

This design is pretty bad. It's very right margin biased and the way it's laid out is very odd especially with the massive white space on the left. It's weird to see the first row not even center. I'm wondering if this is intended, or Apple designers kept looking to the right. Neither would surprise me. :)


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This design is pretty bad. It's very right margin biased and the way it's laid out is very odd especially with the massive white space on the left. It's weird to see the first row not even center. I'm wondering if this is intended, or Apple designers kept looking to the right. Neither would surprise me. :)

I didn't see that until I went into full screen in Safari. That's just wrong.

Feels like they launched an early beta.
 
I've said it a dozen times, but I'll say it again: why in the hell does apple need to shut down their website with any product update, when ESPN is updating thousands of scores and articles real-time, all day long.
Apple is still living in the 1998 internet in that regard.
They do this because the sad people wet their knickers when they do so. Makes then feel all warm and fuzzy.

It's an odd question - who is more pathetic. Apple or the sad fan's that get all over excited.
 
I can’t believe in 2021 they still shut down their online shop for maintenance and store changes. Do any other big company online shops still do this ?

I've said it a dozen times, but I'll say it again: why in the hell does apple need to shut down their website with any product update, when ESPN is updating thousands of scores and articles real-time, all day long.
Apple is still living in the 1998 internet in that regard.

It’s a marketing ploy, the second the store goes down the internetz are buzzing. Free publicity!
 
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