iCloud and iTunes Experiencing Widespread Outage [Updated]

[MacRumors]

A number of iCloud services are currently experiencing downtime in the United States, Canada and other countries, an issue that became widespread within the past hour or so. A significant number of users have tipped MacRumors and posted on Twitter and other social media platforms about being unable to sign into iCloud or access related services such as Mail and Find My iPhone.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/605757494821027841

iTunes has also been experiencing an outage since at least 8:30 AM Pacific, although Apple has yet to update its system status page to reflect any ongoing issues with either iCloud or iTunes. MacRumors will continue to track Apple's system status page and the affected services and providing the latest status updates about the outage as new information becomes available.

Apple services have experienced multiple instances of downtime in recent months, including a prolonged App Store and iTunes outage in early March, and subsequent downtime in late March, followed by a TestFlight outage for developers in May. Apple has historically been rather slow at updating it system status page to reflect any ongoing issues, usually doing so several minutes after issues begin.

Update 9:09 AM Pacific: iCloud services have been restored for some users.

Article Link: iCloud and iTunes Experiencing Widespread Outage [Updated]

 

[Peace]

Getting ready for the new streaming services ?

 

[rodpascoe]

Down for me here in the UK too.

 

[elmateo487]

The new MacRumors forums have gained sentience and is now slowly taking over the world

(jk I love them)

 

[TMRJIJ]

Lucky I don't usually get mail on my iCloud account .

 

[KdParker]

Oh snap. I really hope this is just a small outage and not another instance where iCloud got hacked.

 

[rodpascoe]

Lucky I don't usually get mail on my iCloud account .

I use it for all my non-work email - been getting notifications from Spark on my iPhone about no connectivity for a while now.

 

[MacrumoursUser]

Unapologetically crappy.

 

[hovscorpion12]

iCloud is up and running in my location.

 

[Dilster3k]

I know this is random but the iTunes interface is so terrible.

 

[skwood]

Also, although I can sign in to iCloud, the two-step verification codes sent to my devices are always "incorrect" and I can get no further.

 

[frosty001]

UK too.
Not one to complain, but it is a bit worrying that this seems to happen far more often with Apple, rather than Google, Microsoft and Amazon. Email is a pretty important communication tool, and to miss this for well over an hour is a bad habit Apple need to nip in the bud quickly.
Not to mention they keep adding (great) new services which i would presume adds to the overall load on their servers....

 

[carrrrrlos]

Ok out here in the PNW. Their Prineville data center is a couple of towns over fwiw.

 

[rodpascoe]

Oh snap. I really hope this is just a small outage and not another instance where iCloud got hacked.

Did iCloud get hacked? Did I miss that?

Unless of course you mean the celeb thing recently where people used rubbishy simple passwords that got guessed which could happen on any system......

 

[bushido]

smh there seems to be a problem with their internet services every other week

 

[Benjamin Frost]

Game Center down for me in the UK.

 

[coolfactor]

Yup, out for me. First noticed on my iPhone when it told me that "iCloud is unavailable" when I tried to check my email. Ouch.

 

[clipsedsm95]

I can't use any of my apps. It keeps asking me to sign into my iTunes account and since server isn't reaponding it won't allow app to open !!!!

 

[dwsolberg]

Grrr... every time I think about using Apple web/cloud services for anything important, I get a reminder of how unreliable they are. I'm wary of Google, but there's something seductive about cloud services that just work.

 

[Mildredop]

UK too.
Not one to complain, but it is a bit worrying that this seems to happen far more often with Apple, rather than Google, Microsoft and Amazon. Email is a pretty important communication tool, and to miss this for well over an hour is a bad habit Apple need to nip in the bud quickly.
Not to mention they keep adding (great) new services which i would presume adds to the overall load on their servers....

Exactly why I left Apple cloud services a few years ago in favour of Gmail, Google Calendar etc. Since doing so, not a single problem.

 

[clipsedsm95]

It's back up !!!!!!!

 

[RDeckard]

Hmmm... All iCloud services up and running for me here in San Diego. Drive, Photos, Find my iPhone, Calendar, etc. working...

 

[stulowe2009]

Is there any point to apples system status page? It clearly doesn't actually check the services automatically to update itself and always appears to be the last to know when there is a system outage (or ignores the fact).

 

[69650]

Thank heavens I don't rely on iCloud for any business critical applications.

PS I like the new look MacRumors.

 

[yoak]

Running here to, Norway. It was down for 6 hours just over a week ago though