Apple’s service status page confirms an issue with iCloud Mail and Notes that is rendering the services unavailable for some users. The outage has been ongoing for two hours now, and there’s currently no word on when we should expect it to be fixed.
iCloud used to be notoriously unreliable, and users had to deal with outages just like this one on a frequent basis. But as Apple’s user base has grown in recent years, the company has invested more resources into making services more stable.
But they still go down from time to time. According to Apple’s status page, the latest outage affecting iCloud Mail and Notes is currently being experienced by less than 1 percent of users, but plenty are complaining about it on social media.
Mac users, iCloud seems to be down in some areas
— Jonathan Glazier (@jonathanglazier) May 13, 2016
#Apple #iCloud #mail and #notes apps are down. Didn’t even save a lengthy email as a draft. Grrrr.
— Beryn (@Beryn) May 13, 2016
iCloud mail has been down for 2 hours now and I have emails I REALLY need to read
— Josh Lassen (@joshlassen) May 13, 2016
Looks like #iCloud is down today, for hours#iclouddown pic.twitter.com/kxEfDOCowq
— Thisara De Silva (@thisara8) May 12, 2016
Apple doesn’t tell us what’s causing the problem, or when it will be fixed. But the fact that it is acknowledged by its service status page confirms the company is aware of it, and likely hard at work on a resolution.
Is iCloud down for you this morning?
Killian Bell is a freelance writer based in the U.K. He has an interest in all things tech and also covers Android over at CultofAndroid.com. You can follow him on Twitter via @killianbell.
4 responses to “Apple confirms iCloud Mail and Notes are down for some users”
I recently changed from outlook to icloud for the securty. I guess is so secure I can even access it…
I wasted a couple of hours trying to figure out what was wrong with my wife’s computer (iCloud was up on my computer).
iCloud is down for me, and has been since this morning. Grrr.
Although I have an iPhone and MBP, I don’t use Apple’s services. They just don’t feel polished enough for regular use, which is odd given their top notch hardware and software. Many Apple users I know have lost notes, keychains, email, photos, and documents because of iCloud glitches. While I’m sure every cloud platform has problems, I just don’t hear these problems from Dropbox, Google, or Microsoft users. I think Apple grew its cloud services too quickly and hasn’t had time to catch up.