Apple users took to Twitter to vent their frustrations over iMessage and FaceTime service interruptions.
iOS devices and Macs with OS X 10.6.6 or higher experienced a nearly five-hour outage, from 11:45 a.m. to 4:32 p.m. PT (2:45 to 7:45 p.m. ET) after the Cupertino, Calif. company's instant messenger service and video-calling app suffered from downtime.
Apple confirmed the outages on its status page around 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET), saying that some "users are unable to use" use iMessage or place FaceTime calls.
At the time of writing, the company's system status page says, "Normal service has been restored." It's unclear what caused the downtime. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Prior to the fix, however, iPad and iPhone owners were among those who complained about the lack of service on Twitter.
iMessage not working?! Ain't Nobody Got Time For That!!— Aint Nobody Got Time (@NobodyGotTime_) November 18, 2012
iMessage is down? Is that why no one texts me?...guys?— Scotticles (@Scotticles) November 18, 2012
I hate seeing this. #imessage twitter.com/hs_girl_probz_…— High School Life(@hs_girl_probz_) November 18, 2012
Just me or is iMESSAGE NOT WORKING. first Facetime, now this ✋ #donewithyouiphone— Allison L.(@allisonkateee) November 18, 2012
iMessage and facetime down, thought the end of the world was in december? #AppleFail— Dean Sherwood (@Dean_Sherwood) November 18, 2012
Who else's iPhone won't activate iMessage or FaceTime ?—Princess Caitlin✨ (@Queen_Caitlinn) November 18, 2012
But one Twitter user suggested an alternative means of texting.
I dont understand why people are so depressed with iMessage being down. It's not even that serious...like do y'all not have regular texting?— Breeyiana Pitts (@XOX_VOGUE) November 18, 2012
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