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iCloud Was Down – Here's Everything We Know About Issues with Apple's Web Apps, Photos, and More

UNITED STATES, JUN 24 – The outage disrupted email, file syncing, and photo backups for nearly five hours, with close to 1,000 reports on Downdetector before Apple engineers restored service.

  • Apple's iCloud services, including iCloud Mail, Photos, iWork apps, and others, experienced a widespread outage on June 24, 2025, primarily affecting users in the United States.
  • The outage began at 2:36 PM ET and coincided with a separate issue earlier that day affecting Apple Business Essentials, Business Manager, and School Manager services.
  • During the event, many users reported problems accessing email, loading iCloud.com, viewing Photos, and syncing services, with issues peaking around 3:20 PM EDT and affecting even features like Find My.
  • Apple resolved the outages around 7 PM ET, with the System Status page turning fully green and 12 issues marked as fixed, while some users still needed to sign out and back in to restore full service.
  • This incident highlights that even major cloud services can face multi-hour disruptions, and Apple had not disclosed the cause by late June 24, though recovery appeared steady by early June 25.
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MacRumors broke the news in United States on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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