iCloud outage hits Mail, Calendar and Contacts before services recover
Several iCloud services, including Mail, Calendar and Contacts, went down on 10 November 2026 before Apple listed them as resolved, though other services then ran into problems.
Key takeaways
- An iCloud outage began at 5:49 p.m. Eastern Time on 10 November 2026.
- iCloud Mail, Calendar, Contacts, iWork for iCloud and Game Center were affected, and Find My was slow or unavailable.
- Apple listed the Mail, Calendar and Contacts problems as resolved by 7:22 p.m. Eastern Time.
- Photos and iCloud sign-in were then experiencing issues, according to the update.
What happened
Apple suffered an iCloud outage on the evening of 10 November 2026, according to MacRumors. The problem began at 5:49 p.m. Eastern Time and showed on Apple's System Status page.
Affected services included iCloud Mail, iCloud Calendar, iCloud Contacts, iWork for iCloud and Game Center. Apple said some users were experiencing issues with them.
Which services were affected
Find My, the tool that helps locate lost Apple devices, was also affected. Apple said it might be slow or unavailable during the outage.
No technical explanation for the disruption was given in the report.
Resolution and new issues
By 7:22 p.m. Eastern Time, Apple had listed the iCloud Mail, Calendar and Contacts outages as resolved. However, the update noted that Photos and iCloud sign-in were then experiencing issues.
MacRumors said it would continue to update its article as the situation changed. Readers checking their own devices can confirm current status on Apple's System Status page.
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