iTunes and App Store Return After Brief Outage

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By Karissa Bell2014-06-12 20:47:25 UTC

Apple's App Store, iTunes Store and Apple TV services are back up and running, following a brief outage Thursday afternoon.

These services experienced a disruption that made the App Store, iTunes Store and some Apple TV features inaccessible to some users.

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An Apple spokesperson confirmed to Mashable the issue was resolved as of 4 p.m. ET but did not elaborate on the source of the outage but 9to5Mac reported it was caused by "service issues."

iTunes first began experiencing issues at 1:56 p.m ET, according to downdetector.com, which tracks service disruptions of various platforms. The outage appears to have affected users in the US and Europe.

Topics: app store (iOS) , apple, Apple TV, apps-and-software, Apps and Software, iTunes, Tech