Apple says App Store and other services are back online after an outage

Apple
on
Wednesday
said
it
had
fixed
an
outage
for
its
App
Store
on
iOS
and
MacOS
devices.

The
iPhone
maker
picked
up
19%
of
revenue
from
its
Services
category,
including
some
from
the
App
Store,
according
to
its

latest
quarterly
report.
For
most
applications,
developers

keep
all
revenue
they
generate
through
the
App
Store,
but
Apple
receives
a
commission
when
people
buy
individual
apps
and
make
in-app
purchases.

“Users
are
experiencing
a
problem
with
this
service.
We
are
investigating
and
will
update
the
status
as
more
information
becomes
available,”
Apple
said
in
an
update
to
its

system
status
page.
The
downtime
update
carried
a
time
stamp
of
6:31
p.m.
ET.
By
7:35
p.m.
ET
it
had
been
resolved.

Some
people
posted
screenshots
on
social
media
showing
error
messages
when
they
tried
to
open
the
App
Store
on
iPhones.

It
wasn’t
the
first
time
the
App
Store
became
unavailable.
Apple
said
the
service
was
having
issues

in
2022.

Apple
TV+,
Apple
Music,
Apple
Podcasts
and
other
company
services
were
also
having
technical
issues
on
Wednesday,
according
to
the
page.

It’s
been
a
rough
few
months
for
Apple,
whose
shares
have
declined
12%
so
far
this
year,
while
the
S&P
500
index
has
gained
9%.
Last
month,
the
U.S.
Justice
Department

sued
Apple,
claiming
it
used
the
popularity
of
the
iPhone
to
deter
competition.