Overview
- Apple posted a notice Wednesday that the Apple Support Community is now read-only and will permanently close on November 20, 2026.
- Visitors can still browse existing threads but cannot post new questions or replies and the site’s Sign in link points to an internal AppleConnect portal.
- Apple told MacRumors it decided to sunset the platform after a review of strategy and customer needs but gave no public explanation beyond the brief site message.
- The notice does not say whether posts, user reputation data, or export tools will be preserved, leaving users uncertain about saving fixes for older or rare problems.
- The forums began in 1998 and grew into a long-running user-to-user help repository before Apple largely stepped back from staff participation in 2023, and outlets are directing users to Apple Support, MacRumors, Reddit, or AI tools as alternatives.