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App Store and iTunes Store Experiencing Issues

Some customers are having problems with the App Store, Mac App Store, and iTunes Store, according to Apple's System Status page.

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The three services have been experiencing issues since 7:22 p.m. Eastern Time. Not all users are affected, but if you've been having trouble accessing or downloading apps, the outage is the reason why.

We'll update this article when the problems have been resolved.

Update: Apple's status page indicates the issues were resolved within about an hour.

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Top Rated Comments

kalsta Avatar
11 weeks ago
Your article is using the outdated App Store icon. Here’s the correct one:



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Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
MacHeritage Avatar
10 weeks ago

A pity, of course, but is iTunes Store still a thing? What is it used for nowadays?
To buy Music, Movies and TV Shows. It is the only place I buy digital content. I don't do subscriptions.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
11 weeks ago
Im not sure if its server side or iOS 26.4 beta related but ever since i installed 26.4 beta, app store pages takes ages to load. And its even worse today. I submitted a bug report to apple few hours ago.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
indefinite Avatar
11 weeks ago
This may not be related, but on iOS 26.4, I can't seem to load my apps, and when I search for them in the App Store, see the "Get" button instead of the "cloud" icon. The only way to use certain apps is reinstalling them..
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sydneysider88 Avatar
10 weeks ago

A pity, of course, but is iTunes Store still a thing? What is it used for nowadays?
Buying things... What do you think stores are for?
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
11 weeks ago

Im not sure if its server side or iOS 26.4 beta related but ever since i installed 26.4 beta, app store pages takes ages to load. And its even worse today. I submitted a bug report to apple few hours ago.
Same issue here. The app store on iPad won't load my account profile so I can't update apps etc. Hoping they fix it soon. The rest of the app store is loading fine on iPad. iPhone loads the app store and icloud profile page for updates. Oddly just occurring on the iPad for me.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)