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Limited outages are affecting Apple Books and Mac App Store

An outage has hit Apple’s services, affecting some users trying to access the Mac App Store and Apple Books.

System status page on a red smartphone, showing available services with a green dot and two current outages with a red triangle.
Apple reporting outages for some services

Starting at 12:15 p.m. eastern on Tuesday, August 27, Apple acknowledged an outage affecting its Apple Books and Mac App Store. It is currently unknown how widespread the outages are, as some AppleInsider staffers could still access the services.

Apple hasn’t provided a reason for the outage beyond “Users may be experiencing a problem with this service.” On its System Status page, it notes that the issue is currently being investigated.

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