Apple rolls out new status page for Services, Stores and iCloud

http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/

by derpenxyne • 14 years ago

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jpxxx• 14 years ago

Thoroughly appreciated, years overdue, and colorblind-aware. Nicely done.

BryantD• 14 years ago

I'm holding final judgement till I see if it reflects reality well, but it's really promising.

onedev• 14 years ago

but does it blend?

philfreo• 14 years ago

It's not Retina-ready.

darkmagnus• 14 years ago

How so?

desbest• 14 years ago

Why does Apple need a status page? I thought "it just works".

Steve Jobs needs to make a comeback.

derpenxyne• 14 years ago

Because nothing is perfect, like everything else.

pretoriusB• 14 years ago

>Why does Apple need a status page? I thought "it just works".

For one, that's a marketing slogan.

And if it represents any reality it's that Macs are EASY to use ("it just works without fussing about with manuals and settings"), not that they are perfect ("it just works 100% the time with no glitches").

Apple also has: bug reporting system, send debug info dialog, support forums, genius bar help, and service care packages. By your logic, they wouldn't need those either.

>Steve Jobs needs to make a comeback

Because under Steve everything worked perfectly?

The overheating G4 Cube was under Jobs. G3 logic board problems were under Jobs. The G5 cooling system problems were under Jobs. The antenna thingy was under Jobs. The failure that was Ping was under Jobs. Heck, MobileMe and such, that never got anywhere were also under Jobs. As were tons of other bugs and problems.

Apple wasn't perfect and is not perfect. Nothing changed in this regard. And no signs of declining or getting worse either, as of yet.

As for the current status page, that's a welcome addition.

nwh• 14 years ago

Just on the G4 Cube, I wouldn't say there was a particular problem with heat there. If there was, there's a cage in the bottom and provisions for a fan to be retrofitted. I still use one of mine as a main server, and heat isn't an issue with them unless you upgrade the CPU. I'm more worried about their cost-cut power supply really.

philippbosch• 14 years ago

They even have some kind of JSON API for that: http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/data/system_status...

jayfuerstenberg• 14 years ago

The one status I'd love to see is the iTunes connect report generation status.

Many days it comes in late and I'd like to know how late.

spjwebster• 14 years ago

I've been using appfigures.com's status page for that:

http://www.appfigures.com/itcstatus

Apple rolls out new status page for Services, Stores and iCloud

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