Mac App Store Intermittently Down for Some Users

[nikoz]

Mac AppStore : cannot connect
iPhone AppStore :cannot connect
iTunes : cannot connect
Here in Greece

 

[nd3eb]

Down here in NYC...

I can browse the store but when I try to download or update it just says "waiting" on the icon... Also won't refresh my avail updates...

 

[benthewraith]

Down in Tampa, FL.

 

[piff02]

Down in Los Angeles.

 

[SlowFlite]

Not working in louisiana. Can open, search, etc, but not update or download. Doesn't ask for password. Sits and does nothing. Gives me a grey black icon where the one i tried updating belongs.

 

[wordlessjam]

Can get on fine here in England

 

[captainm1uk]

Can get on fine here in England

Nope cant get it in Manchester

 

[hustle7]

Troubleshooting?

Try restarting your Mac computer and open the Mac App Store. The Mac Store should be available now. No sign of Mac OS X Lion, though.

 

[Peterkro]

Down here in Scotland (and I'd imagine the rest of the UK).

Yes down in Londres,must be Lion being set up.

 

[thatlittletv]

Wasn't connecting a few minutes ago, but now it is. Here in Seattle.

edit: No longer working :/ Hope this means something!

 

[LizKat]

I get "You may continue to browse the Store but please try your purchase later." I was trying to buy something in the iBooks store.

 

[jackhdev]

Do you think we'll have to wait in an electronic line for Lion? Haha

 

[houdinize]

Was down for a while, now is up but when purchasing apps they say waiting. I did notice though that the store doesn't close after making a purchase - this could just be a result of the erratic behavior though. Netflix on the apple tv is also not working today. Stange.

 

[agdickinson]

Not working in UK (well Scotland anyway)

Itunes App Store / Podcasts / iTunes U showing but nothing connects.... iPhone won't update applications.

Something big?

 

[kirk26]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5)

It's down on my iPhone for at least 30 minutes. The app store that is.

 

[SonoViva]

Down here in Philadelphia. Can browse apps, just not search, buy or update.

 

[wordlessjam]

Nope cant get it in Manchester

yep gone for me now too

 

[arian19]

This is not an indication of lion, probably just an indication that they are switching to the new data bases... for iCloud, and etc.

 

[Shanpdx]

Internal Testing?

Apple may be internally testing the Lion Distribution?

or

some hacker attacking the Mac App Store?

 

[Peterkro]

Apple may be internally testing the Lion Distribution?

or

some hacker attacking the Mac App Store?

Whatever's going on its to to be about the Lion release it's gone GM the dates right,the servers are going to get hammered.Apple may be testing the system but whatever Lion will be released today or tomorrow (GMT).

 

[Yamcha]

Mac App Store is working again..

 

[Madd the Sane]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)

Apple is probably uploading Lion and/or plugging in their new servers and it's taking awhile for the new servers to get the data on them. Just because they might be uploading lion, doesn't mean it will be available today.

Also, they could be updating the Mac App Store for Lion with delta upgrades, etc.

 

[Mlrollin91]

Everything is down for me, iTunes, Mac App Store and iPhone/iPad App Store.. Located north of Los Angeles.

 

[NAG]

Down in Wisconsin.

You know what this means...Powerbook G5! Oh yeah!

 

[admanimal]

This is not an indication of lion, probably just an indication that they are switching to the new data bases... for iCloud, and etc.

Yes, I'm sure that the system most essential for the successful distribution of Lion just happens to be undergoing some maintenance related to something completely different just days before the release of Lion. This is surely the most likely explanation.