AppleInsider Staff
Apple's iCloud took a hit late Wednesday night as users from around the world experienced trouble with multiple services due to an unknown issue, ultimately resolved some seven hours later.
AppleInsider readers from around the world reported iCloud service slowdowns and complete outages early this morning. Apple's System Status webpage initially indicated problems starting around 12:30 a.m. Eastern, but the latest status update puts the beginning at 2:30 a.m., with fixes taking effect around 9:30. About 40 percent of iCloud users were impacted.
Affected services included:
- iCloud Backup
- iCloud Drive
- iWork for iCloud beta
- Back to My Mac
- iCloud Keychain
- iCloud Mail
- Documents in the Cloud
- Photos
- Find My iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac
- iMovie Theater
- iCloud Account & Sign In
Apple has long suffered setbacks with its in-house internet products, including a spate of service blackouts in 2013 and a major outage in September.
The cause of today's breakdown has yet to be verified.
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Just checked here in central, west Florida and all is working for me.
anyone know how to export _all_ Notes / Reminders to safekeeping before they're lost?
Apple getting ready for WWDC!
This can be very disruptive for business. I don't use anybody's Cloud. I prefer my own backup systems. I like to HAVE the software. And yes, it seems that as good as Apple is, this is an ongoing pain-in-the-neck they should be working harder on solving.
Everything showing green as of 30 minutes ago. I'll wait to hear from Apple what went wrong. I wasn't having any apparent problems over night or this morning.