March 21, 2022 at 8:40 pm | Author: zahidmir | Technology
Apple is experiencing far-reaching network outages that have affected services like Apple Music, iCloud, iMessage, Apple Maps, Apple Card, Apple TV+, the App Store, FaceTime, Siri, and more.
Users began complaining of strange app behavior and outages earlier this morning. For example, searches for locations or requests to initiate driving directions in Apple Maps stopped working completely.
Further, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman claimed on Twitter that the outage didn’t just affect services used by consumers—the outage also affected Apple’s internal tools and services. One Twitter user posted a picture (seen below) of Apple Store employees frantically attempting to keep their store running using pens and paper.
Apple experienced a smaller-scale outage last month, but that outage did not affect this many services. Users who are heavily invested in Apple’s ecosystem for things like mobile payments, navigation, file transfers, streaming entertainment, and more found themselves disconnected for several hours.
A Reddit post kept track of what users were experiencing issues with. Here’s the list:
https://iCloud.com
http://developer.apple.com/
Apple Music
Apple Maps
iMessage
Apple Fitness+
App Store
iCloud Private Relay
Update Server (For updating device firmware)
Facetime
Find My
Apple TV
Apple TV+
App Store Connect
Developer System Status Page (ironic)
Apple Podcasts
Apple.com trade-ins
Global service exchange
Device activation
Apple Card
Siri
Apple Support app
EasyPay
Apple Arcade
Apple Business Manager
Apple School Manager
iTunes Store
Radio
Schoolwork
Apple maintains a System Status page where you can check to see which services are currently working and which are not. Earlier today, the page was mostly red marks. But as of a few minutes ago, services started to come back online. For example, we were able to make a purchase with Apple Pay, which was not possible an hour ago.
Not everything is back up, though. At the time of this writing, ongoing outages include Apple’s account system, developer forums, program enrollment and renewals, and more. You can monitor the status page to see which services come back online when.