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Apple App Store, iTunes, and Mac App Store purchases disrupted

Major Apple outage July 30, 2026

Outage timeline

Jul 30, 1:22 AM

by Apple status page
Outage officially acknowledged

Down

AppleCare purchase is temporarily unavailable. and Users may be experiencing intermittent issues with this service.

Affected components:
- AppleCare on Device
  
  Up
  
  Down
Jul 30, 2:57 AM

by Apple status page
Outage resolved

Up

Affected components:
- App Store
  
  Down
  
  Up
- iTunes Store
  
  Down
  
  Up
- Mac App Store
  
  Down
  
  Up
- Subscription Purchase
  
  Down
  
  Up

Incident summary

Apple users were unable to complete purchases across the App Store, iTunes Store, and Mac App Store as a payment-service outage affected the storefronts. AppleCare purchase was temporarily unavailable, and users reported intermittent issues with this service. The issue began with AppleCare on Device going down at 1:22 AM UTC and soon extended to the main storefronts.

Status page updates documented the progression, with the App Store, iTunes Store, and Mac App Store impacted and users reporting difficulty completing transactions in the early hours. The situation began to improve as AppleCare on Device recovered at 2:52 AM UTC, and all listed storefronts were back up by 2:57 AM UTC.