iCloud and other Apple services experienced a massive data storage failure

Apple reports serious outages in key services

Apple has officially acknowledged that several of its important services are experiencing disruptions. These include the iCloud cloud infrastructure (mail, calendar, contacts), the Find My (Locator) service, and the Photos app. Game Center features are also affected.

Key dates and times

- ≈2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (10:00 p.m. Moscow time) – start of most problems.

- The Locator issue appeared a little later, about an hour after the first outages.

Current status

Apple is already working to resolve the issues. Engineers are monitoring progress on Apple’s official system status page. At the time of publication, the affected services were:

Service | Status
iCloud Mail | Operational
iCloud Calendar | Operational
iCloud Contacts | Operational
Find My (Locator) | Operational
Photos | Operational
Game Center | Limited access

Official statement

Apple employees confirmed that they are aware of the situation and actively seeking a solution. They warn that the list of affected services may expand until normal functionality is fully restored.

Follow updates on Apple’s system status page – it publishes the latest data on service conditions.