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Apple Music Down for Some Users Across Multiple Countries

This third disruption in two months highlights recurring reliability problems; Apple has not provided a cause or a timeline for full restoration.

Overview

  • Apple’s System Status pages show an ongoing outage that began at 11:40 a.m. ET on May 29 and lists multiple countries as affected.
  • The interruption is partial and intermittent, meaning some subscribers can still use Apple Music while others see login, search, or playback errors.
  • Crowd-sourced reports on Downdetector have tracked user complaints about the outage but appeared to be trending down as coverage continued.
  • News sites including 9to5Mac and Forbes are monitoring the incident and say Apple has not offered details on what caused the outage or when service will be fully restored.
  • This episode is at least the third Apple Music disruption in about two months and follows other recent streaming outages, raising fresh questions about platform reliability for subscribers.