Overview
- Apple posted a notice Wednesday that the Apple Support Community is now read-only and will permanently close on November 20, 2026.
- The site no longer accepts new posts and the final visible contributions appeared minutes before posting was disabled.
- The forum’s sign-in button redirects to an AppleConnect page labeled “AC Communities Web – Internal,” which suggests continued internal access for employees.
- Apple has given no detailed public reason beyond saying it chose to sunset the platform after evaluating strategy and customer needs, and reporters have sought further comment.
- Long-running since 1998, the community provided peer-to-peer troubleshooting for decades and users are being steered to Apple Support and third-party forums such as MacRumors and Reddit while the fate of archived content remains unclear.