Apple Store status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Apple Store reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Apple Store users through our website.

• Sign in (40%)
• Errors (30%)
• Website Down (30%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Apple Store outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Ambato	Errors	8 days ago
Ituiutaba	Website Down	10 days ago
Guayaquil	Sign in	14 days ago
Aubenas	Sign in	29 days ago
Billy-Montigny	Sign in	1 month ago
Nantes	Website Down	2 months ago

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Apple Store Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Zhmana hakimi. (ژمنه حکیمی) (@zhamanahakimii) reported 3 minutes ago

  Today wasn’t a good day. I was already dealing with a lot and on top of everything, it was August 15th a date that carries so much pain for so many of us. Later there was an issue with my phone and I had to leave it at the Apple Store for about four hours .So I found a quiet corner and started reading with no phone I ended up reading for hours, until I fell asleep. When I woke up, I genuinely felt like a completely different person. And that’s when it hit me. Something as simple as reading, learning, escaping into a book, and understanding the words in front of you is a privilege that millions of Afghan girls have been denied for five years. Now imagine being told you cannot learn. That you don’t have the right to read or write. You might think, who would be crazy enough to say that? But yes this is the reality for girls and women in Afghanistan in 2026. Five years later, they are still being denied one of the most basic human rights: the right to learn.

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  Xyntesiz (@vielie9696) reported 4 minutes ago

  @Action_Taimanin Remove your game from Apple Store, that will make you trouble lot any future!!

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  Christopher Woggon (@chrissyinspace) reported 6 minutes ago

  I just poured juice into my MacBook. It wasn't a lot, but enough to worry. Dried off, tent mode. You know what's really annoying about modern MacBooks? They turn on after the slightest touch of any key. The power button is touch-sensitive (no physical "push" needed). The thing turned on 6 times on the way home. Local shop in Bangkok won't fix it (it voids warranty). Not enough time for bringing it to the Apple Store (I leave in 3 days). There's an authorized shop in Da Nang, but it takes ~3 weeks (according to reviews). I leave after 2.5. After that I'm in Korea. No issue there, but it's 3 weeks after the incident. Apparently juice is the worst (corrosion). I always drink black coffee ... the one day I don't 😣 The upside: I have AppleCare+. It's covered no matter how far the corrosion proceeds, and what breaks. Also, I have my old MacBook Air. I can keep working. Kind of weird timing after my recent posts (see quoted). It'll be fine, but damn it's stressful. It's nice to be able to scream "liquid on keyboard, new branch, push everything, quick" at your agents. They really did hurry. Now I can continue working. </life-update>

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  Rey Nemaattori (@ReyNemaattori) reported 6 minutes ago

  @UttarandhraPlus @sanpellyenjoyer Blacks looted, you mean: blacks looted the apple store. And you're right, the problem isnt cultural, its genetic.

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  Arsalan Tayyab (@ArsalanTayyab7) reported 10 minutes ago

  @Camsiyonna1 Went to Apple store in the Mall and one of their female representative asked for my ID and I'm facing problems on many fronts similar to the video.....! Personal information exploitation is a very lucrative asset in malls!

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  Meցan Richmond (@MeganSuspended) reported 13 minutes ago

  @BillyBostickson Yeah ‘advanced search’ is a privilege they expect us to pay for now. But if you do ever end up subscribing, make sure you do it via a web browser login and not via the iOS app. Apple Store adds a whopping 40% extra to the cost of a monthly/annual subscription. Extortion so high, it should be criminal.

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  jahbibi (@lustclouds) reported 13 minutes ago

  Just spent over 3 hours in the Apple Store tryna fix all my problems across devices, ain’t **** funny rn

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  Nabil H The Peacemaker ⚛️☮️ (@inabster) reported 14 minutes ago

  @grok There is no real last lines as it just flashes error messages to do with Apple Store... Time to try the other graphics id's you gave me...

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  Oscar (@HeyOscarx) reported 17 minutes ago

  A woman spent 5 years as an Apple Store Genius. She repaired, troubleshot, and configured over 10,000 iPhones. She now runs an IT consulting firm. She told me: "Every iPhone owner walks around with a supercomputer in their pocket that's configured against them. The default settings drain your battery faster than necessary, share your location with apps that don't need it, let advertisers track you across the internet, send your typing data to third-party servers, keep a detailed diary of everywhere you've ever been, and let strangers ring your phone 15 times a day with spam calls you could silence with one toggle." "I picked up my mom's iPhone last Thanksgiving and found 11 problems in 3 minutes. Her battery was dying by 2 PM because 47 apps were refreshing in the background. Her location was being shared with apps she deleted 2 years ago. Her photos were accessible to 23 apps that only needed the camera. Her storage was full of files she couldn't see. And her Lock Screen was showing message previews to anyone who picked up the phone." "She'd owned the iPhone for 3 years. She'd never opened the Settings app beyond changing her wallpaper." "The iPhone ships with over 200 configurable settings. Most people have changed 3: the wallpaper, the ringtone, and the Wi-Fi password. The other 197 are running on defaults Apple chose and not all of them were chosen for you." Here are 11 iPhone settings most people have never changed and exactly how to change each one: 🧵

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  sunday peter π (@sundaypeter8110) reported 20 minutes ago

  *The date when Pi Network was launched on Google Play Store and Apple Store corresponds to March 14 (2019). This is also* 👉*3/14* 👈 *The V27 upgrade (the planned final upgrade) corresponds to September 15, which, when written in day/month format, is:* 👉*15/9* 👈 *Looking at the total;* 3/14 - 15/9 *314 159* 👀 *Everything has already been written down* 💪

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  hose (@nyconlychild) reported 20 minutes ago

  @Assurant I use my phone for work & this has cost me dividends & impacted me negatively. I’m getting the run around with replacing my iPhone 16 pro & I’ve paid you for coverage for well over a year. I visited the Apple Store diagnostics can’t detect the issue. Replace my device

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  Ibrahim Kwajaffa (@ibrahimkwajaf) reported 20 minutes ago

  @Hassaan_Shehu @DStvNg @InterswitchGRP Download mydstvapp on play store or apple store. Use it to clear E16 error.

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  takkun !! 🩷 (@yourtakkun) reported 20 minutes ago

  @GH0STYMI if it doesnt fix with this upcoming update, i'll probably take it to the apple store to get it looked at. because who knows maybe my ipad in specific is a defect ... i hope not

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  Mostafa Ezzat (@mostafaezztaman) reported 26 minutes ago

  @Apple @AppStore @AppleSupport I don't think it's professional that waiting 3 days to get a response on Apple Store Connect support. This's doesn't fit Apple so far! The iOS app has been in review for almost a week and I'm keep messaging back and forth about changes has been done and still getting some issues from no where. The team reaches out ever 3 days!!! So I need someone from Apple Store Management to get this through.

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  Marcus Anthony (@MarcusAnthony) reported 27 minutes ago

  @ParkerOrtolani Once battery health goes down below 80%, you can take your iPad Pro into the Apple Store to get the battery replaced.

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  WDW Vacationer (@WDWVacationer) reported 31 minutes ago

  @the_transit_guy Down that same stretch you also have the Apple Store and the Boylston entrance of the Prudential Center. It’s hardly an outlier let’s be serious. “Just a block for Newbury” means nothing. It’s not Newbury.

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  Adib Rosli (@dibs_rosli) reported 32 minutes ago

  @tunguz Were you previously subscribed to pro subscription through Apple store? They apparently don’t support pro subscription through appstore now, they only support upgrades up to plus subscription in the appstore, so just need to continue your pro subscription through their official website instead. This happened to me as well, no issues after upgrading through web.

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  Ryan (@SuperNetzel) reported 33 minutes ago

  @badlyer123 @grok I don’t use a case. Anytime my phone has been damaged, in the rare case that happens I go to the Apple Store and they fix it and I leave.

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  Numan (@Numan_Ai12) reported 35 minutes ago

  So I asked the Apple Store technician the same question again: "Do these settings activated by default really protect the user... or are they slowly wearing down the device?" He didn't have an answer. But every iPhone he checked that day had exactly the same 2 options ACTIVATED. Silently heating up in their owners' pockets.

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  obummer (@obamasucks1776) reported 36 minutes ago

  @theficouple I switched to EVs years ago. Would never go back to a barbaric gas car. Slow. Lots of maintenance. You have to go to a gas station and touch a greasy pump. Gross. Imagine how annoying it would be if you had to drive to an Apple Store every time you wanted to charge your iPhone.😬

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  Ted Wagner (@tfwagner) reported 37 minutes ago

  @GeorgeKamel I still laugh that the former Apple Genius didn’t suggest a new iPhone battery for @RachelCruze, when she probably needed one. There’s this place for such a fix, called the Apple Store.

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  Kings Of The South (@kots_ads1940) reported 39 minutes ago

  Dear @AppleSupport , I am writing to formally document my dissatisfaction with the handling of Apple Case 20000132934691 and to request that this feedback be escalated, particularly to the Project Manager and engineering team responsible for the Apple Watch software and backend systems involved in device status and pairing. My Apple Watch was previously lost, and I filed a lost-device claim through Apple’s third-party insurance provider, AIG. Approximately one or two months later, I recovered the watch. I immediately contacted AIG and had the lost claim canceled. Despite the claim being canceled, my Apple Watch still appears as lost within Apple’s backend/endpoints, and as a result, I am unable to pair the watch with my iPhone. I have done everything that could reasonably be expected of me as a customer. I contacted AIG, visited an Apple Store, and ultimately contacted Apple Support. I was then escalated to Senior Advisor Pablo, who informed me that this appears to be a bug on Apple’s side and that a bug ticket would be submitted to the appropriate engineering team. I was told I could potentially receive an update on 08-10, but I have not received one. What disappoints me most is not simply that a software bug exists. Bugs happen in software. What is unacceptable is how the consequences of this bug are being placed entirely on the customer. I have been told that I must wait for Apple’s engineering team to investigate and resolve the issue and that Apple cannot provide a refund or replacement in the meantime. In other words, an Apple software/backend defect has made my legitimately owned Apple Watch unusable, yet I am expected to simply wait indefinitely while Apple investigates its own system. That is extremely disappointing for a company that places such a strong emphasis on customer experience. From a software and quality-assurance perspective, this situation also raises serious concerns. The scenario in which a lost-device insurance claim is filed, the device is later recovered, and the claim is canceled is a completely legitimate lifecycle scenario. If canceling that claim does not correctly propagate through Apple’s systems and remove the lost status so that the device can be paired again, then an important edge/corner case was either not adequately covered during development and testing or is not being handled correctly in production. The customer should not become the final test case for a production system. Please specifically communicate this feedback to the Project Manager responsible for this area, as well as the software engineering and QA/testing teams. Because of this bug, I have been left with an Apple Watch that I own but cannot use, and instead of Apple immediately making the customer whole, I have been asked to wait for an engineering solution. At this point, even if Apple finds a technical solution, it will not change my experience or restore my confidence in the way this case has been handled. Whether this issue is resolved in three days or a thousand days is no longer the point. The damage to my trust has already been done. I expected Apple to stand behind its products when its own systems fail. Instead, I feel that I have been made to bear the consequences of a defect that I did not create and have no ability to fix. Please attach this message in full to Case 20000132934691 and ensure that my feedback is escalated to the appropriate management, engineering, and QA teams. Thank you to everyone involved in the software and testing process for providing me with an experience I genuinely never expected to have with Apple. Sincerely

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  ZoneCrypto (@_ZoneCrypto_) reported 40 minutes ago

  📰 News of the day — August 16, 2026: ✦ DefiLlama has postponed its mobile app launch due to phishing apps on the Apple Store: DefiLlama's founder revealed that the company delayed its mobile app release while addressing the issue of phishing apps impersonating it on the Apple App Store. After documenting a fraudulent app draining funds from a crypto wallet, Apple promptly removed it. The founder emphasized the importance of ensuring all fake apps were eliminated to protect users from scams before the official launch of DefiLlama's app.

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  Carl (@Gladvillain) reported 42 minutes ago

  @13_T_C It uses the xpub so we shouldn’t have any problems. But who knows really. Make sure you use the right one and not a scam. A guy last year lost 6 Bitcoin because he downloaded a fake sparrow app from the Apple Store. They have no app.

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  James (@jamescoder12) reported 43 minutes ago

  The uncomfortable truth. Apple shipped Wallet with every iPhone for 12 years. They added car keys in 2020. Home keys in 2021. Digital ID in 2022. Transit, boarding passes, insurance, and loyalty cards have been building quietly since 2014. But the app icon is a picture of a credit card. The setup wizard doesn't mention car keys. The Apple Store employee doesn't walk you through transit passes. The iPhone ad doesn't show someone unlocking their front door with their wrist. Apple marketed Wallet as a payment app. Then they built it into a physical-life replacement platform one feature per year, one category at a time, without ever updating the way they talk about it. Most iPhone owners see the Wallet icon and think: "That's where my credit card lives." They're right. It's also where their car key, their home key, their driver's license, their hotel key, their boarding pass, their transit card, their insurance card, their event tickets, and their cash card live. Or could live if they opened the app past the first card they added. "I used to empty my pockets every night onto the nightstand phone, wallet, keys, cards, badges. Now I set down one phone. Everything else is inside it. Has been for years. I just never set it up." Apple Wallet isn't a payment app. It's the app that replaces the objects you've been carrying your entire adult life. Apple just never told you because 'tap to pay' fits on a billboard, and 'digital replacement for your entire pocket' doesn't. 9 features. 35 minutes. One pocket. Everything else is in the drawer. The wallet was always in the phone. You just never unpacked it.

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  Eric Smith (@Eric_Smith08) reported 47 minutes ago

  Here's what she told me at the end: Apple operates over 500 retail stores in 26 countries. They generate more revenue per square foot than any other retailer in the world. But the money isn't what makes them different. It's what happens inside them that most customers never experience. Free diagnostics that catch $99 problems before they become $2,000 replacements. Free workshops that teach photography, video, music, and coding every day, in every store. A trade-in program that turns old devices in any condition into instant credit. Education pricing that saves students and teachers hundreds of dollars. Personal Shopping Sessions that build your perfect setup with zero pressure. A Small Business Team that configures, deploys, and manages devices for companies. A Self Service Repair program that ships genuine parts and professional tools to your home. An app with AR shopping, video consultations, and express checkout. And a 14-day return policy that lets you live with a product risk-free. Most customers walk in, buy something, and walk out. They never book a workshop. They never schedule a diagnostic. They never check their trade-in value. They never ask for education pricing. They never meet the Business Team. They never know about Self Service Repair. They never try the return policy on a purchase they're unsure about. "Apple built the highest-revenue retail stores on earth not by selling harder, but by offering more. The selling happens because the services build trust. Most customers access 10% of what the store offers. The other 90% is sitting there free, available, and waiting for someone to walk up and ask." She said the 9 services above are available right now at your nearest Apple Store. Most of them require nothing more than walking in and asking. Some require a quick online booking. None of them cost anything beyond the products themselves. The store didn't change. What you know about it did. And that's the difference between someone who buys from Apple and someone who actually uses an Apple Store.

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  YPG4⚡ (@ypg4anderson) reported 48 minutes ago

  @ShishirShelke1 Now iPhone X user go to Apple Store try to fix it and Apple employee force iPhone X User to upgrade to new iPhone

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  Simon (@realsast) reported 48 minutes ago

  my macbook has started to die at 99% and i cant do anything about it cause even if i get a new one (i still got warranty) the thing that recovers from a backup straight up doesnt work and not even apple store can help you (ik this cus when i switched to this i had that problem)

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  Töregene (@_OftheWaves_) reported 53 minutes ago

  // Just a heads up to my close moots, I have tech issues with my phone again so I will be away from answering on my phone at least for a while, since I will be using a loaner and sending in my phone to get fixed by my local apple store. I had issues with it earlier this year

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  Claudiu (@ClaudiuSararu) reported 54 minutes ago

  @paulmcginley_ @MaxHirsch13 @seikv i've done this on all my apps - 2,3 local reviews from friends / family. no issues what-so-ever.. how does the Apple store know that those are my friends?