Overview
- Apple posted a notice saying the Apple Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026 and set the forums to read-only so no new posts can be made.
- Observers reported the final public posts appeared shortly before the switch to read-only and the forum's sign-in button now leads to an AppleConnect page labeled for internal use.
- Apple's on-site message thanked volunteer contributors and directed users to the official Apple Support site while offering no public reason for the shutdown.
- News outlets pointed readers to third-party alternatives for peer-to-peer help, including the MacRumors Forums and Reddit, as community workflows face disruption.
- The forums trace back to 1998 and served as a long-running user-to-user troubleshooting archive, so the closure raises questions about access to community knowledge and whether Apple will preserve internal archives.