Apple’s Internet services are considered quite robust, especially considering the large number of users. But outages happen from time to time in all companies offering online services and Apple is no different.
According to Apple’s System Status page, several content services have been experiencing outages for at least two hours, an unusually long period for Apple. These include the App Store (including the Mac App Store), Apple TV+ and TV Channels, Fitness+, Music, Books and Podcasts.
Several other services experienced outages today that have been resolved, including iCloud Mail and Calendar, Find My, and Game Center.
Other services such as Apple Card, FaceTime, Apple Pay, Maps, News and HomeKit are not affected.
The failures do not appear to be global. In fact, in California, we were able to access all of these services normally. Since all of the affected services are focused on delivering content, it’s likely that one or more of the major nodes in Apple’s Global Content Delivery Network (CDN) are experiencing some sort of failure. Some users may find the affected services slow or unavailable, while others may not notice any issues.
There isn’t really a workaround, but if you find that these services aren’t working for you, it might be worth trying a VPN, as it might require you to connect to another part of the CDN and make things work again.
