Apple works to resolve iCloud issues after outages reported

Reports of iCloud outages made the rounds on Thursday, only a day after Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp reported similar large-scale outages.

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9 to 5 Mac reported early Thursday afternoon that many Apple users weren't able to log in to iCloud and the issue was affecting access of certain iCloud apps like like Photos, Contacts, and Calendar.

Apple's own system status page reported the issues across multiple iCloud apps with the issues beginning at 11:51 a.m. ET.

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Some of the issues Apple experienced on Thursday Credit: Apple / Screenshot

According to downdetector, reported issues spiked not long after 12:00 p.m. ET with most of the outages being reported in Europe, especially Germany, and portions of the northeast U.S. as well as pockets along the West Coast.

Graph or reported iCloud issues Credit: downdetector / screenshot Map of where iCloud issues were reported Credit: downdetector / screenshot

By 2:45 p.m. ET, Apple reported most of the issues resolved though issues relating to Calendar, Contacts, and Reminders lingered.

Mashable reached out to Apple for further comment.

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