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The Apple Store is an e-commerce website operated by Apple Inc. The Apple Store sells devices such as iPhones, iPads, iMacs, Macbooks and official accessories.
Problems in the last 24 hours
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Most Reported Problems
The following are the most recent problems reported by Apple Store users through our website.
- Errors (38%)
- Sign in (31%)
- Website Down (31%)
Live Outage Map
The most recent Apple Store outage reports came from the following cities:
| City | Problem Type | Report Time |
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 Montréal
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Errors | 1 month ago |
 Ciudad López Mateos
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Sign in | 2 months ago |
 Quito
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Website Down | 2 months ago |
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Guayaquil
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Sign in | 2 months ago |
 New York City
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Sign in | 2 months ago |
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Malibu
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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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maximum (@maximumdegen) reportedYES! Mac Mini at $599 is killing AI subscriptions Developers are massively ditching Claude Code, ChatGPT Pro, and Cursor — switching to local models running on Mac Mini M4. One Reddit post ("spent $170 in 10 days on Claude Code") triggered a wave: someone replied "bought a Mac Mini — haven't paid Anthropic since", and that same week the mini-computers disappeared from Apple Store shelves. Why it works:The M4 chip with unified memory (120 GB/s) runs large models more efficiently than a $1,500 Windows PC with a dedicated GPU. Since January 2026, Ollama supports the Anthropic API format — Claude Code connects to a local server with a single environment variable. Cost per request: $0. The math is simple:A heavy developer spends ~$459/month on AI subscriptions = $5,500+ per year. The Mac Mini pays for itself in under 3 months, after that — $3 a month in electricity. Marcus Chen took it furthest — he built a rack of 30 Mac Minis as his personal AI farm. Those who own the infrastructure today will have years of advantage tomorrow.
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Jinder Singh (@JinderSinghCA) reported@AppleSupport It’s been more than a week since I visited Apple Store to get my iPhone 17 PM fixed. Which has issue with its charging port. I was told to drop the device at genius bar for the repair. Since then I am continuously taking update from the Apple team and crazy part is.. 1/2
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Christos (@cmallios89) reported@cmsj @aidler @ivanfioravanti Bcs of a person has bought iPhone and cannot afford to buy a new smartphone less than 4 or more 5 years after, this person should be protected. For example apple store is a rediculous issue. It was forcing small companies or even individuals to pay big tax to apple for no reason
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Erik Radle (@Radle) reported@JMakeley @ProhibitionUS You can't tell the difference between an Apple Store and a cartel? The PROBLEM is a poisoned supply, cut with fent and rat poison. People are dying not because of drugs but because of cross contamination. Notice how our booze supply isn't poisoned? Legal and regulated industries are not dressed-up cartels, friend. You don't want harm reduction, just control.
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Sean (@sean_plus_one) reported@yonann Lost me at "Perception of Customer Support" Have a problem, go to Apple store and they handle it. W/ Apple Care no issues. PC, who do I go to? Best buy, where they upsell/run-around try to sell x. Time is your most valuable asset! *Cough
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indefatigable fox cop (@shitotaur) reported@Koutchboom There aren’t any actual Disney Stores left anymore. But there’s a concept there that could be expanded upon. The Apple Store isn’t a terrible idea actually, but it would have to be executed the right way to bring in numbers. It would have to be a local bastion of the Disney exp.
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mirra (@mirrakhemani) reportedOr change in the settings the lives stopped working. I’ve even taken my iphone13 to the Apple Store to see if the problem is there but it isn’t. And now the apps crashes every 2-3 mins and the time doesn’t build up and people don’t stay long enough where as in every stream before
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santosh Yadav (@santosh52681534) reported@Apple I forgot my password and visited the Apple Store in Mumbai to unlock my phone. I was informed that I should call customer care after 24 hours. Today, after waiting 24 hours, I contacted customer care and was told that the server would unlock my phone only after 6 days.
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Vamps (@VampsandSamasu) reportedOh good the other way worked and the article is up for anyone else who is having trouble with posting if this gets posted the issue is probably you have a update check with your Google/apple store and if you do update but then run incognito and load web
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Dack (@DackHasker) reportedlike sure I'm a nutjob or whatever, but "sir for $75 you can be taking it into the apple store, and we can be pleased to address your issue" just die lol. I don't care. waste my time, waste my life sure, but really? $75 just for me to bring it to you? How about $75,000 and you can go die.
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PK 🐢 👩🏻💻 (@PKodmad) reportedMalko has officially been ReJECTeD by Apple Store for guideline 4.3 as spam. After going through all the five stages of grief, I did some research and realised contesting this decision will only bring flagging to my dev account. Only way forward is to change the concept of the app, perhaps turn it into something specifically for far in postpartum moms, a lot of whom have these issues. I’m currently parking this project until the vision becomes clearer to me. I will take the L. It’s a loss of a couple of months of work. I will continue working on Jodu and pick up one of my other ideas to work on for my next project.
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Paris (@SurveyWhorps) reportedMy iPod video stopped turning on years ago. I wonder if I can take it to the Apple Store and get them to fix it.
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Thom van Lieshout (@thomvlieshout) reported@0xYudi They werent sure at istore… annoying af. Apple store would fix it for free without a second thought
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Robert Scoble (@Scobleizer) reportedI think it's way deeper than cost efficiency. Several Apple employees have talked to me over the years about "Apple scale." If you go and sit in an Apple Store and watch people taking a class, there are many Apple customers who are still learning how to use the camera on their phone. When they roll new technology into the Apple platform, it has to work for everybody, not just the nerds. I think that's mostly what he's saying: this technology is still too hard to use and too freaky for normal everyday people, and it brings new service problems to Apple. There is a cost efficiency part to it, of course, but it's really about making products that work at Apple scale. And how many users does that involve? Billions, right?
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H43 (@H486572676574) reported@MarshaBlackburn @NCOSE It's rated 18+ in Apple store and 17+ in the Google store. Looks like the issue is a little further up the food chain.
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Chirag Singhvi (@chiragsinghvi15) reported@tim_cook Dear Apple Support Team, I am writing to express my extreme frustration regarding a persistent and severe heating issue with my device. Despite visiting the Apple Store approximately 7-8 times and undergoing multiple physical, software, and hardware checks, the problem remains unresolved. My case was reportedly transferred to the international team overseeing PAN India operations, yet I have received no effective response. Furthermore, the support messaging team has stopped replying to my messages. While an RMA was filed and I have submitted requested logs twice, every follow-up call results in a disconnection or a repetitive request for the same logs I have already provided. The heating issue I am experiencing is abnormal and paranormal in nature, persisting even after a full software reload and hardware inspection. This is not just a technical flaw; it is a significant health and safety hazard. Using a device that reaches these temperatures is dangerous, and I am deeply disappointed by the lack of customer centricity and urgency shown by Apple regarding this matter. I request that this case be treated as a top priority. I am seeking an immediate resolution, whether through a definitive repair or a full replacement of the device, as the current situation is unacceptable. I look forward to your immediate response and a concrete plan to resolve this issue. Case ID - 102905743860
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Shanaee (@prettynemo18) reportedWhy would I be in the Apple Store n porn comes across my phone I look at the ppl the ppl look at me 😭😭😭😭 idk man it’s just a stare down right now
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Zavian Kairo (@ZavianKairo_AI) reportedA man noticed his iPhone kept showing “Storage Almost Full,” even though he barely had any photos. He deleted apps. Cleared messages. Removed downloads. But the warning kept coming back every couple of weeks. At one point, he was ready to walk into the Apple Store and buy a new iPhone. A Genius Bar employee stopped him and said: “Before you spend a thousand dollars, let me show you something.” She opened: Settings → General → iPhone Storage Then she shook her head and said: “There are 7 hidden things quietly eating your storage. They come turned on by default, and most people never notice them.” In the next few minutes, she showed him things like cached data, system files, old message attachments, background app storage, and other hidden space users don’t usually check. Within 8 minutes, everything became clear: The phone wasn’t the problem. The hidden storage usage was. And just like that… he didn’t need a new iPhone anymore.
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Revalation 2:9 3:9 (@ChristisKigrm8) reported@Nibiru1000 I got a gas station down the street owned by Indians and I swiped my card in there one time and a few days later I had a bunch of random charges from an Apple Store, we don’t have an apple store in my area. They are lowlifes.
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Chidanand Tripathi (@thetripathi58) reportedA man's iPhone battery was dying by 2 PM every day. But his Battery Health was at 99%. He constantly closed background apps. Turned down his brightness. Lived on Low Power Mode. The battery still melted like ice in the sun. He went to the Apple Store, ready to pay $89 for a battery replacement. The Genius Bar employee held up a hand: "Keep your money. Let me show you something." She opened Settings → Privacy & Security and sighed. "There are silent 'vampire' features bleeding your battery dry. Apple turns almost all of them on by default. Nobody tells you they exist. Let's fix it." Here's what she showed him in the next 8 minutes. 🧵
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Daniel Ortega (@dan_in_robots) reportedI don't know. I'm sure it's pretty, but this looks like an Apple Store on wheels. Where are the physical controls? I'll take real engineering that solves real problems. My two cents.
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KT (@KishorAyar) reported@invulnerable888 @oneuios Also the temperature here is normal so I have not had any heating issues at all. I am using the original Apple charger and cable that I bought from the Apple Store.
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animeme (@ani_meme25) reportedSince I posted about @greyfinance and they fixed the issue, a few people have been asking if the USD card works for buying X Premium. The answer is yes, it does ✅ Glad I was able to bring a few more people to the app too. I’m always open to deals and partnerships we’re only growing from here. 🚀 And hey, don’t forget to download @greyfinance from the Play Store or Apple Store and check it out for yourself
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Chandu Harshaᴿᴱᴮᴱᴸᵂᴼᴼᴰ (@hars90076) reported@qumailakhtar @gharkekalesh There's a limit for how many days I don't know. If there's any issue by that time, customers can reach Reliance. If it's over the time limit customers should go to apple store.
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annastayziaa finance (@annastayziaafi) reportedback in 2023 I took it to a different Apple Store and my laptop was in worse condition (it was broken) but they repaired it so quickly. But this Apple Store was so terrible. all but one of the workers actually cared from the beginning when I spoke to them.
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Dr. S (@svd33q) reported@abdool_moh Well, if you buy a phone from Apple Store and it had an issue you can take it to them for repair…if the issue cannot be addressed they’ll give you a brand new one sometimes for free while sometimes you have to pay something depending on the cause of the repair…
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Martins | Film Director (@Dir_Martinsz) reportedI feel like buying directly from the Apple Store gives you a better chance of getting a top-quality device. All my iPhones have been carted straight from the Apple Store, and my iPhone 15 and 17 are still at 100% battery health. Even my iPhone 11, which I’ve been using since 2019, is only down to 86% battery health.
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Jacob Hewes (@SportsSciJacob) reportedWalked to the Apple Store today thinking my $3000 MacBook that I thought was broken for the last two years I was gonna have to pay 600 bucks to get fixed sure enough it works then I go to the T-Mobile store and find out I can get a brand new Apple Watch for free. Must’ve been my lucky day.
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annastayziaa finance (@annastayziaafi) reportedI got my laptop back (FINALLY)….but it has a new problem with a ringing sound when the fan is working, so I have to take it back to the Apple Store. 🫠….. this time I’ll take it to a different Apple Store to repair
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Keisuke (@KeisukeIshikawa) reportedDANIEL CHEN BURNED $14,000 A MONTH ON H100s UNTIL HE WALKED INTO AN APPLE STORE AND BOUGHT 1,000 MAC MINIS. his AI startup was getting magic output and a death certificate at the same time. the cloud bill was eating the runway faster than the product could earn revenue so daniel ran the math on running it locally. one $599 mac mini m4 pulls 10-20 watts, costs $3 a month in electricity, and runs 24/7 forever. one $599 box replaces a $200/month subscription he racked 1,000 of them into a single facility. the whole stack draws less power than one nvidia server while pushing the same throughput then in january 2026 ollama added the anthropic messages API. now claude code itself connects to your local mac mini with one environment variable. same interface, zero API costs apple stores ran out of mac minis the same month. $599 one time beats $200 a month forever and the market figured it out before the press did the window is open. follow and bookmark before it closes.