Kevin Bostic
Apple's iCloud service experienced an overnight outage, with some users unable to access Calendar and other features, while the company's online store saw a five-hour period of inaccessibility for updates.
Update: Apple's online store was unavailable from midnight until 5 a.m. Eastern time. The iCloud services outage lasted about an hour, according to Apple.
Apple's System Status page lists the iCloud outage as beginning around 9:30 PM EST. As of this writing, the outage is ongoing, and Apple notes that some users may be unable to access the Calendar and Reminders web applications at iCloud.com.
Apple's online services have experienced a number of outages over the past several months. In June, iCloud and iTunes users were unable to access those features for nearly an hour and a half. August also saw services like Photo Stream, iMessage, and iPhoto Journals rendered inaccessible.
It is unclear what caused the current service interruption, and Apple has not commented on the issue.
Apple's online retail portal is also currently inaccessible. The store typically goes down before the unveiling of a new Apple product, but the System Status page lists the store as undergoing maintenance. That maintenance is scheduled to run through 4:00 AM EST.
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Trolls will rename it as ByeCloud ¡
Just got an update for iTunes (11.1.1) - maybe it's related to the outage
Looks like Apples running into service issue too often these days. Don't know what's going on at there data centers. If anything this is an area Apple could learn from Google. Ever heard of Google search , Gmail going offline ?
Looks like Apples running into service issue too often these days. Don't know what's going on at there data centers.
If anything this is an area Apple could learn from Google. Ever heard of Google search , Gmail going offline ?
Actually, yes. My company uses Google for scheduling, mail, documents, etc. There have been several outages of mail, chat, hangouts, and documents. So, while Google is usually reliable, they are not infalible.
Actually, yes. My company uses Google for scheduling, mail, documents, etc. There have been several outages of mail, chat, hangouts, and documents. So, while Google is usually reliable, they are not infalible.
Interesting, so service outages is more of an industry event ... But at least the most hottest services from Google, like Search and Public Gmail, stay up and running all the time.