A few days ago we anticipated a problem that affected certain users, who could not access the content of the Mac App Store. The problem affected not only the information pages of the applications, but also the list of applications that we had purchased. Therefore, it was not possible to buy, download or update applications on the Mac.
This error has occurred again in the last hours, affecting in addition to the Mac App Store, the App Store and the iTunes Store. That is, iOS devices and Apple's music and movie purchase store were also affected. This problem has been quickly resolved and notified in the page of System Status from Apple. The problem in this case must affect some process linking the three applications. Users reported the problem early in the afternoon yesterday. Others, however, did not have these problems. The difference with the problem caused a few days ago is that Apple failed to notify on the System Status page.
On the other hand, late on the 8th in Spanish time, the problem was solved. Apple notified on the System Status page, that the interruption of the process had been resolved. Access this service, in which you can check the status of Apple services, is carried out from main page of iCloud, on the bottom. It is not necessary to identify yourself with your ID, therefore, if you detect any type of incident, you can go to the System Status page to check if it works properly. In any case, it takes Apple a while to detect if the problem is widespread and if so, it reports it on the page.
Apple must be working on the definitive solution of the incident, because in addition to leaving its customers without service, it stops receiving income during the period in which the service is not operational.