Curiously, this outage is partial and highly localized. I can't download any new apps via iTunes on my MacBook Air, but I can play songs uploaded to iCloud via iTunes Match (including purchased songs).
Even more strangely, I was able to update apps on my home Mac's App Store (I clicked on "Update All"), but I couldn't do the same on my MBA which is here with me at work for a single app, about ten miles away with the same Apple ID. However, once I clicked on "Update All", it was able to download the sole app that needed updating, so it appears to be some authentication problem for certain tasks where one is prompted for their Apple ID password.
iTunes (desktop) seems to be up for me: I successfully performed a unique search that could not have been cached. The Mac App Store seems fine, now, too.
But earlier today, yes, it did seem to hiccup briefly. An album image in another search result didn't load, and I got exactly one "unable to connect" message when I clicked on it. But the anomaly was gone within a minute.
The problem is with authentication. If you attempt to make a purchase it will fail.
Trying to listen to some iTunes Radio stations and was getting errors too. I signed out and now can't sign back in. Guess I'll need to wait until they fix whatever's wrong to log back in.
Looks pretty damned detailed to me, and seems to represent the current status quite well, so it's definitely not an insult or a joke, those are statements deserving of Microshaft crap.
Apple posted a major security update yesterday for both Mac and Apple TV. I downloaded and installed it before the downtime. Could the hackers have interfered with that update service?
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Curiously, this outage is partial and highly localized. I can't download any new apps via iTunes on my MacBook Air, but I can play songs uploaded to iCloud via iTunes Match (including purchased songs).
Even more strangely, I was able to update apps on my home Mac's App Store (I clicked on "Update All"), but I couldn't do the same on my MBA which is here with me at work for a single app, about ten miles away with the same Apple ID. However, once I clicked on "Update All", it was able to download the sole app that needed updating, so it appears to be some authentication problem for certain tasks where one is prompted for their Apple ID password.
The problem is with authentication. If you attempt to make a purchase it will fail.
Is Apple Pay still working for users who experience this problem (it should...)
I have an issue with the store on all devices and was successful in using Apple Pay @ Whole Foods.
Getting the exact same error in the Mac App Store when trying to apply available app updates.
Looks pretty damned detailed to me, and seems to represent the current status quite well, so it's definitely not an insult or a joke, those are statements deserving of Microshaft crap.
I'm going with CIA in light of the recent revelation by Edward Snowden...
Was able to apply app updates on my iPad just now with no issue *knock on wood*
How about this... We quit bringing that stupid crap up!
Yup!