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Apple App Stores, Numerous Cloud Services Experiencing Issues (UPDATED)

Update #2: Apple fixed all of the issues shortly before 5:30PM Central Time on Thursday. The company has not shared the cause of the problems. Currently, all Apple Services are showing clean and green.

Update: Most of the services are back online, but there are still issues with iCloud-related services.

Multiple iCloud Services – Some users are affected
Users may experience slower than usual performance when using iCloud Drive, Backup, iCloud Notes, iWork for iCloud, and Photos. Users may also experience slowness with multiple services at iCloud.com

Some users may be experiencing issues with a number of Apple’s cloud related services, including the iOS App Store, Mac App Store, and Apple TV App Store, Back to my Mac, Documents in the Cloud, Find my Friends, Find my iPhone, iCloud Backup, iCloud Calendar, iCloud Keychain, Photos, iTunes in the Cloud, and a number of other services are currently down. (Click the screenshot below to view the services that were down as of 3:46PM CDT.)

Multiple Store Services – Some users are affected
Users are experiencing a problem with the service listed above. We are investigating and will update the status as more information becomes available.

Multiple Store Services – Some users are affected
Users are experiencing a problem with the service listed above. We are investigating and will update the status as more information becomes available.

According to Apple’s system status page, multiple services went down around 2:30PM CST, and are still experiencing issues. Apple says it is investigating the issues, and will bring the services back online as soon as it can. As soon as we hear any news, we’ll let you know, right here.

Chris Hauk

Chris is a Senior Editor at Mactrast. He lives somewhere in the deep Southern part of America, and yes, he has to pump in both sunshine and the Internet.