Apple Music, App Store and other services go down for some users
Numerous Apple services including streaming service Apple Music and the App Store are experiencing temporary difficulties
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Apple said on its system status page that some users are experiencing difficulties accessing the services, and that it was investigating the problem.
The issues appear to be affecting the App Store, Apple TV, the iBooks Store, Apple Music and Radio, various iTunes services including the iTunes Store, OS X software updates and the Volume Purchase Programme.
Apple's system status reports outages
As is protocol in any form of tech outage, users took to Twitter to express their dissatisfaction.
my apple music isn't working today this isn't cool
— violet (@fabkali) July 21, 2015
What's the point in this new Apple music when I can't play any music?
— JOCE (@joooslyn) July 21, 2015
Apple Music may be down, but that doesn't mean it should freeze up the entire iOS app and make it unusable offline too—right? Right?!
— Conor McClure (@conorjmcclure) July 21, 2015
Too new to be playing games with me like this. @AppleMusicidk you like that. pic.twitter.com/gzFUO1uqwQ
— Christopher Manzo (@chris_manzo) July 21, 2015
The App Store and iTunes last experienced difficulty in March, when millions of users were left unable to download apps and music after users reported issues logging into their iCloud accounts. Apple said at the time the issue was caused by an internal DNS error.
MTV was due to announce the nominees for its Video Music Awards (VMAs) during Beats 1, Apple Music's digital radio station hosted by former Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe, shortly before the outage.
