Apple restores iCloud after outage impacts 200 million people

Apple's iCloud services are back up and running after a seven-hour issue that affected about 40% of users.

The company confirmed on its system status dashboard that users "may have experienced slower than normal response when using most iCloud services."

Eleven services experienced major issues starting around 2:30 a.m. ET. By 9:30 a.m., Apple updated its support page to show that service had been restored.

Affected services included iCloud Mail, iCloud Drive, Photos, Documents, Find My iPhone, Back to My Mac, iCloud Backup, iCloud Keychain, iCloud Mail, iMovie Theater and iWork for iCloud Beta. Read more...