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.

• Errors (43%)
• Sign in (29%)
• Website Down (29%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Montréal	Errors	1 month ago
Ciudad López Mateos	Sign in	2 months ago
Quito	Website Down	2 months ago
Guayaquil	Sign in	2 months ago
New York City	Sign in	2 months ago
Malibu	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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  TXTeslaCowboy 🇺🇸 (@TXTeslaCowboy) reported 22 seconds ago

  @tregan01 Big Apple Store problem. Hopefully they fix soon

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  Chirag Singhvi (@chiragsinghvi15) reported 9 minutes ago

  @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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  Maria Islam (@mariaislam6451) reported 16 minutes ago

  So, going back to the question l asked the technician at the Apple Store: "Are these default settings really protecting the user, or are they silently wearing down the device?" He didn't have an answer. But every iPhone he tested that day had the same 2 switches TURNED ON. Silently burning in the owner's pocket.

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  Scott Elder (@ScottEl28053565) reported 18 minutes ago

  @Kate__KC @Sassafrass_84 @PigWar You are right about that. My son used to work at the Apple store fixing people's phones and iPads. He would talk about how easily they are broken, but then run out as soon as the new one hits the market and buy it. I hate to admit it, but I had my Blackberry until I was required to get my emails on my phone. I went out and got a Galaxy S4. Kept that for over 11 years.

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  NIJ Ruvos (@nahidulislam404) reported 21 minutes ago

  The uncomfortable truth: Apple's business model rewards storage anxiety. The more often customers see "Storage Almost Full," the more likely they are to: 1. Pay for iCloud subscriptions 2. Upgrade to higher-storage models 3. Buy a new iPhone entirely Every default setting on a new iPhone trends in the direction of consuming more storage, not less. The 7 fixes above take 10 minutes total. They cost nothing. They will recover an average of 40-60 GB on most iPhones over 12 months old. The Apple Store employee said one more thing before he left: "We see this every day. Most people don't even check Settings → General → iPhone Storage before they walk in. They just assume the phone is too small for them. It almost never is." RT this so more iPhone users stop spending $1,000 on a storage problem that could be solved with 7 toggles.

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  Triston (@T_Mac303) reported 24 minutes ago

  @heynavtoor As a former Apple store tech, those settings don’t cause overheating specifically. It’s a software/firmware issue. I will also note that Apple techs get very little info from apple corporate for known issues or fixes. They typically get their info from Mac rumors or 9to5 Mac.

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  Kyeyune Richard (@krk24richards) reported 24 minutes ago

  @DrBellahh You and your people you buy used iPhones, me I buy new and from Apple Store. So handle your problems

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  hunter (@hxxntrr) reported 26 minutes ago

  You can walk into any Apple Store in America, buy $50,000 in MacBooks and iPhones on 0% business credit cards, and resell every single item for 85 to 95% of retail on eBay, Swappa, and Facebook Marketplace the same day. Cash in your bank account by Friday This is how people convert 0% credit limits into liquid cash without Plastiq, without Melio, and without paying a 2.85% processing fee The Apple Store accepts credit cards for purchases up to $50,000. No questions. No ID beyond what's needed for Apple Pay. You walk in, buy 8 MacBook Pros at $2,499 each, and walk out with $19,992 on your Chase Ink Business Unlimited at 0% APR List them on eBay as "Brand New Sealed" at $2,199 each. They sell in 24 to 48 hours because sealed Apple products have the highest resale velocity of any consumer electronics on earth. People buy them because they're getting a $300 discount on a product that never goes on sale $2,199 x 8 = $17,592 in eBay revenue eBay + PayPal fees (13%): -$2,287 Your net cash received: $15,305 You spent $19,992 on a credit card. You got $15,305 in cash. You "lost" $4,687 "That's a terrible deal" No. You converted $19,992 in credit into $15,305 in LIQUID CASH at a cost of $4,687. That's a 23.5% conversion fee Plastiq charges 2.85% but has a $100K annual limit and many payees are restricted. Melio charges 2.85% but some payments take 5 to 7 days and large amounts trigger manual review The Apple resale method has: No annual limit (buy as much as they'll sell you) No payment restrictions (it's a retail purchase) No manual review (it's a credit card transaction at a store) Cash in your bank within 3 to 5 days (eBay payouts are fast) And you can improve the conversion rate dramatically: iPhones resell at 92 to 96% of retail (better than MacBooks). A $1,199 iPhone 16 Pro Max sells for $1,050 to $1,100 on Swappa within 48 hours. That's only a 5 to 8% loss after fees iPads resell at 88 to 93% of retail AirPods Max resell at 85 to 90% Apple Watches resell at 82 to 88% The optimal mix for maximum cash extraction: $30,000 in iPhone 16 Pro Max units (25 phones at $1,199): resell at $1,080 avg = $27,000 - 13% fees = $23,490 net. Loss: $6,510 (21.7%) $20,000 in iPad Pro units (10 iPads at $1,999): resell at $1,799 avg = $17,990 - 13% fees = $15,651 net. Loss: $4,349 (21.7%) Total credit card spend: $50,000 Total cash received: $39,141 Conversion rate: 78.3% Effective "fee": 21.7% "21.7% is way worse than Plastiq's 2.85%" Yes. If Plastiq works for your use case, use Plastiq. The Apple method is for when you need: More than $100K liquidated (Plastiq has limits) Cash in 3 days not 7 No paper trail linking credit cards to bank deposits through a payment processor (the cash appears as eBay/PayPal revenue, not as a Plastiq transfer) Amounts above $25K per transaction (Melio flags large single payments) The people doing this at scale aren't converting $50K. They're converting $200K to $500K across multiple Apple Stores, Best Buys, Costcos, and authorized resellers. At that volume they have eBay stores with Top Rated Seller status, which reduces fees to 10.5% and pushes the conversion rate to 82 to 85% There's also the Amazon Retail Arbitrage version: buy Apple products at retail, sell on Amazon as a third-party seller, Amazon pays out every 2 weeks. The conversion rate is similar but Amazon's customer base is willing to pay closer to retail for the Prime badge and the Amazon return policy A guy in our network converts $80K to $100K per month from credit cards to cash using this exact method across Apple, Costco, and Best Buy. His blended conversion rate after eBay fees and marketplace fees: 81%. He converts $100K in credit into $81K in cash every month $81K in cash from $100K in 0% credit. His "cost" of $19K per cycle is his equivalent of a processing fee. He treats it as a cost of capital. $19K to access $81K in free cash for 15 months = effective annualized cost of 18.6% "18.6% is expensive" Compared to what? An MCA (merchant cash advance) charges 40 to 150% effective APR A hard money loan charges 12 to 18% + 2 to 3 points A personal loan at 680 score charges 15 to 24% APR A credit card balance at standard APR: 24.99% 18.6% annualized for UNSECURED CASH with NO APPLICATION PROCESS, NO UNDERWRITING, and NO REPAYMENT SCHEDULE beyond minimums at 0% for 15 months is cheaper than almost every alternative source of liquid capital for someone without assets to collateralize And the credit card rewards on $100K in Apple Store purchases: roughly $2,000 to $3,000 in points. That drops the effective cost to 15.6 to 16.6% btw the IRS doesn't track retail purchases on credit cards. The purchase shows up as "APPLE STORE #R123" on your credit card statement. The eBay revenue shows up as income from your eBay seller account. If your LLC is the eBay seller, the purchase is a "business inventory expense" and the revenue is "product sales." The accounting is clean this is the emergency version of the liquidation play. when you need cash in 72 hours, can't wait for Plastiq, and need more than $25K. you walk into Apple, buy everything they'll sell you, walk out, list it on eBay, and have cash in your bank by Friday. the most liquid asset in America isn't gold or bitcoin. it's a sealed iPhone lmfaooo (we get 700+ score business owners $100K-$250K in 0% business funding. how you liquidate is your business. we build the capital stack. link in bio)

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  Nyrox (@0xNyrox) reported 28 minutes ago

  @officialladi_T Windows abeg Mac and their screen issues abeg... Guess because it's not direct from Apple store, my next purchase I will order

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  PK 🐢 👩🏻‍💻 (@PKodmad) reported 31 minutes ago

  Malko - my bedtime app blocker got rejected from apple store review. The turnaround time was quite fast! Last time I had to wait for 20 days for a rejection. Here are the reasons. 1. Incompatible with iPad - I have marked the app as iphone only. I'm not sure why they tested it on ipad. It may be easier to fix this than argue with them. 2. Paywall content - it does not clearly describe what the user will receive for the price. Seems an issue with messaging. Will rework and resubmit. Approval coming in any day now!

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  Greg - Israelite in Exile (surviving the Galut) (@anexiledjew) reported 34 minutes ago

  I bought a set of AirPods Pro from Laptops Direct based in Huddersfield, England, about a year ago. I have a problem with the left AirPod charging, and I went to an Apple Store to have them look at it today. Astonishingly, I discovered at the Apple Store that the serial number is tied to a date of purchase from 2024 in a Walmart in the United States. Avoid this retailer.

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  L (@_eldergoose) reported 35 minutes ago

  @Apple @Apple There are Reddit posts dated from 2020 of others with the same issues. This is an ongoing issue. Your teams don't have the knowledge to fix this. Today alone, I've spoken to 8 representatives! Not including the ones in the Apple store.

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  System Settings (@app_settings) reported 35 minutes ago

  @techdroider @ImagineApplePR yes.. third party service providers are allowed to ask you for stuff like that use the Apple Support app to find an Apple Service Provider near you (or go to an Apple Store). they’ll fix it lol

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  Thomas (@DestinSailor) reported 40 minutes ago

  @Aina_Ai2 Thank you for this. My iPhone 15 pro max started heating when summer started. 6 months of misery like you describe. I went to our Apple Store and asked if the 17 pro would eliminate this heating problem, I was told “it should, Apple put a cooling chamber in it” ; I asked if they could guarantee the 17 pro would stay cool and was told “no, we can’t do that “. The store gives us only 14 days to return the product if there are problems. My 17 pro with the “cooling chamber “ has the same heating problem my 15 Pro Max had (heating and screen going black). I missed taking a lot of photos and videos of nephews and nieces playing junior baseball because of this heating problem.

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  Cameron (@e_goeth) reported 41 minutes ago

  My friend did this with his laptop and when he brought it to the Apple Store he had to give them the password and they refused to fix it

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  FINMAN (@erikfinman) reported 41 minutes ago

  @jstamby @jstamby Massive domes solve survival. Taste solves the Apple Store problem.

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  Miro Jurcevic (@mirojurcevic) reported 41 minutes ago

  I think most nerds have been to the Apple Store and ordered every possible option for a Mac Pro or went to a server vendor and ordered a trillion servers.

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  kai🐈‍⬛ karlach's gf (@dressltwt) reported 42 minutes ago

  louis, i know you don’t care but i’ve actually had the worst ******* day of my life. i lost my phone at the station, had a breakdown at work. managed to track my phone and get it back to find out it’s broken and i can’t get in. went to the apple store and it took 3 hours

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  Nitesh kumar (@NiteshRealTalks) reported 43 minutes ago

  Yesterday, when I visited the Apple Store, I noticed that some people were purchasing mobile phones and other items using cash instead of making online payments; it is quite possible that they use online services as well. I was surprised to see why they were going to the trouble of carrying such a large amount of cash with them.

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  Floro S. (@sflorimm) reported 43 minutes ago

  is apple store connect down, or is just me?

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  bri (@quackeie) reported 44 minutes ago

  the whole server being there for the explosion of the apple store im crying i love qsmp

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  🍩 (opinion arc) (@donutgrillfish) reported 44 minutes ago

  @KASTxyz @tokennation_io Guys the virtual card is not working in Apple Store or pay

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  Thom van Lieshout (@thomvlieshout) reported 46 minutes ago

  @0xYudi They werent sure at istore… annoying af. Apple store would fix it for free without a second thought

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  djmikeslice (@Djmikeslice1) reported 46 minutes ago

  @AppleSupport I’ve now spent over 6 hours between Apple Store visits and phone support regarding an unresolved trade-in/store credit issue involving my iPhone upgrade. Senior Advisor escalation still has not resolved it and promised callbacks never occurred. Looking for Assis

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  David CA6 ~ VTuber Clipper & Software Dev ~ 💫💥 (@david_ca6) reported 50 minutes ago

  MacBook screen broke on Monday... I need it to work... So now I can't use it without an external monitor... Had to go to the Apple Store (1 hour drive)... was told I need an appointment... earliest one was Wednesday (today)... ... At the appointment... I'm ready to pay for the fix... but they refuse to fix it... because the laptop was previously opened... by an Apple employee to replace the defective battery 6 months before... They recommend buying a new MacBook... my macbook is not even 2 years old... and I don't have the $$$ for a new equivalent laptop right now... and Apple just refuse to sell me the LCD or top assembly... So now I need to order a $300 screen from a sketchy seller on AliExpress and hope I will receive it... one day... and that it will work... or not have a laptop anymore... I hate laptop manufacturers...

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  Keisuke (@KeisukeIshikawa) reported 53 minutes ago

  DANIEL 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.

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  KitsuneYuki ❄️🔥🦊 (@GinKitsune4) reported 56 minutes ago

  @MtSilvr @KirscheVerstahl I love the apple store. One day, you walk in and say you want an orange. You like oranges better. The store owner says, "everyone must want oranges," and starts selling oranges. Now, no one shows up to the apple store, and it goes out of business. This is the problem.

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  @levelsio (@levelsio) reported 58 minutes ago

  PS a few days ago we actually went to Rimowa Copenhagen to fix the previous cracks (in quote tweet) They brushed us off and said they couldn't help us and we'd have to get it fixed in Lisbon where we bought it Which is funny cause if I break my MacBook Pro, I can literally bring it into any official Apple Store anywhere and they'll fix it Or if I lose my debit card, Revolut will send me a new one anywhere in the world and it'll arrive in a day or so! The point of service is especially when it's a suitcase, you're probably traveling when it breaks, and you want to either get it fixed or get a temporary replacement while yours get fixed, so you can keep traveling That's what I mean with premium luxury service that I'm happy to pay a lot for!

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  PK 🐢 👩🏻‍💻 (@PKodmad) reported 60 minutes ago

  Malko - my bedtime app blocker got REJECTED from apple store review. The turnaround time was quite fast! Last time I had to wait for 20 days for a rejection. Here are the reasons. 1. Incompatible with iPad - I have marked the app as iphone only. I'm not sure why they tested it on ipad. It may be easier to fix this than argue with them. 2. Paywall content - it does not clearly describe what the user will receive for the price. Seems an issue with messaging. Will rework and resubmit. Approval coming in any day now!

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  mirra (@mirrakhemani) reported 60 minutes ago

  Or 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