Apple iTunes Store is down. For now.
By Cyrus Farivar 
posted Sep 12th 2006 9:15AM
posted Sep 12th 2006 9:15AM
T-minus 3 hours 45 min.
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----------------------> what it means is as a developer I can log into the itunes server and verify the dam 3.0GM I just ran on my phone!!!!!!!!
Meaning I am stuck with a brick as a paying developer till they put the dam thing back up!
You think someone at apple might have left that bit up hey!
Raven
Also notice that it's just called the 'iTunes Store'. 'Music' is gone from the name...
Definetly something with movies, since of the "It's Showtime" and "the stars" banner. I hope for a real video ipod.
Check out the German quick time site..DOWN LEFT and compare it to the us one :)
http://www.apple.com/de/quicktime/win.html
I bet money that we are only going to hear about a S/W update with no hardware to talk about today. This event is to announce Itunes Movie Store, and maybe Itunes 7 to go along with it.
There we go, just making sure we set our expectations low.
This would be cool if iTunes wasn't such a terrible program.
woo u got my email! haha
Those are just trailers. Look at the link.
Who cares? It's Apple. Any new device will be over priced with too mucd DRM to allow ease of use with other devices.
Someone already noticed the absence of music. And Huey, is it lonely being the only person who thinks iTunes is a terrible program?
That site confirms it! http://www.apple.com/de/quicktime/mac.html
Right down the buttom.
"Also notice that it's just called the 'iTunes Store'. 'Music' is gone from the name..."
I've always thought it was kind of silly to keep the name iTunes Music Store after they started selling video on it. I think they ought to get rid of the iTunes too and replace it with something new entirely.
yeah itunes suxs cuz of drm or crap as i say.
i say movie store with diz movies and maby new nano and a cool case for them
"This would be cool if iTunes wasn't such a terrible program."
what?!?!?! its the best of its sort!!! not sure how it runs on a pc, but its my most used app on my mac! and runs with front row brilliantly
you got to love apple...they even get publicity when something's NOT happening...
I agree Huey - iTunes for PC is a bunch of arse. It is painfully slow to load, slow to navigate and crashes frequently - not to mention its piss-poor backup options to archive your precious library...
I find it interesting that they aren't calling it the music store there, just "The iTunes Store"
Go to this one:
http://www.apple.com/it/quicktime/mac.html
The the name for the picture below the quicktime gallery?
VIDEO iTunes!
And, the movies below it are from studios taht are not disney, and they're movies NOT trailers, Daveoc is wrong.
The UK store is giving a slightly more opaque error message,
http://www.babilim.co.uk/blog/2006/09/itunes-store-down.html
http://images.apple.com/it/quicktime/home/images/header_itunesvideos1305.gif
Look at that!
Just curious... anyone have any idea why the font on the 'iTunes Store' isn't smoothed? Aliasing is so PC.
kp, look on every iTunes site around the world.
They've had "Video iTunes" or "iTunes Video" on them since October.
It's for Music Videos, TV shows and Movie Trailers.
I think a dissection of the links will help:
http://www.apple.com/de/games/trailers/burningcrusade/
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/inboundRedirect?omni-ch=Store+Front&omni-pg=Movie+Trailers&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fmoviesxml%2Fh%2Findex.xml
Why would they update the German site to include movies, call them "Movie Trailers" before the launch?
They wouldn't, Apple is too secretive.
The UK store is showing the "It's Showtime" message here.
I just woke up and checked in on Engaget.
I had a dream last night about Apples announcement. There was definitly an Ipod released but it was a really weird looking Ipod. There were a bunch of program updates as well.
Also, In my dream Steve Jobs also gave some hints into the Wii and showed some demos. I think in my dreams Nintendo and Apple are one.
Gonna be great.
This
http://www.apple.com/movies/fox/transporter_2/
is kind of interesting...
why do they do this on a tuesday when albums get released!? i've been waiting for the last 2 hours to d/l something that i've been waiting for for 6 months and now i have to wait longer. this better get fixed asap or i might have to actually go to a real music store with like people working there and hand them like money and stuff from my wallet.
The UK store is also now telling us it's showtime,
http://www.babilim.co.uk/blog/2006/09/itunes-store-down.html
does this mean movies for everyone?
Ok one thing. If the european sites are shwoing trailers at the bottom .. ie Transporter ..... etc .... why are they there. Right above them is the link to the trailers page anyway... with links to itunes trailers ....
Whats the point of putting it up twice ?
Apple doesn't know how to upgrade a system without shutting it down for some time?
For get the movies what about a new Ipod.
dudes, we all know they will be announcing Movie downloads.. thats a given.. who's got deets on anything else?
Let's hope this isn't going to be a debacle of a release of an iPod leather case and Mac Mini with a remote. Many finally iTunes will go subscription...Jobs don't disappoint.
Apple doesn't know how to upgrade a system without shutting it down for some time?
Posted at 10:05AM on Sep 12th 2006 by Intrepid [ ! ]
Its obviously a marketing buzz thing. I mean ive visited a few sites and theyre all talking about it. So it obviously worked. And why wouldnt you ? This way ... worlds number one music player, opened up by thousands every hour becomes worlds most READ billboard ! .......... genius
I want a new iPod released too
I am rather excited. I really think that the movie downloads are finally here, given the fact that Amazon Unbox was released recently. I can't see Apple falling too far behind anyone...they are just fashionably late. :)
Apple stores going down Australia/Hong Kong... here we go......
You all got it wrong, they're just adding the new backstreet boys song...
One little goof up over at Apple.
They did a pre-sale of the Justin Timberlake album, which a number of people purchased.
They sent said consumers emails telling them that the pre-order was now released.
Clicking on the link in the email sent takes you to a badly formed XML file. The error is "An invalid character was found in text content". the url is:
https://phobos.apple.com/showtime/financeShowtime.xml.gz
Lame.
I want my 12" Macbook Pro, NOW!
And what's up with not having DL DVD writers in five out of six base configs? Get on it, Apple. You're lagging behind.
silly people, its not anything to do with video.. they're gonna start selling ring tones for the iPhone..
do i get a prize for being the millionth person to post ' it's just called the 'iTunes Store'. 'Music' is gone from the name...' i do? thanks
"Apple doesn't know how to upgrade a system without shutting it down for some time?"
It's called "marketing". It's not as if any of the people who want to buy something from Apple are going to see that the store is down and go buy something else instead. If you want an iPod, you're going to buy an iPod. You can just buy one later.
But this way, they get a whole lot of eyeballs to advertise that new products are coming, and they generate a lot of extra hype in a really short period of time. Every time they do this, you get all sorts of people saying "the store is down! the store is down! they're updating!" That's priceless word of mouth, *plus* all those people who just look at the site by chance and then know to check back later.
I seem to remember a while ago, beginning of April, they were going to release a video iPod but something didn't work out, I think with the movie studios. Now that they have removed "music" from the store name, I'm looking for a new widescreen iPod for videos and heck, widescreen television shows. I might even take a trip to the fifth street Apple store to get one tomorrow, pending release.
@hugh,
Posh name but you talk like you're from "da hood"
funny
anyone know of a site that will carry video of the 'it's showtime' event?
go to the german apple site and you'll see that 20th century fox is on board!!!
http://www.apple.com/de/quicktime/mac.html
I got into work early to get stuff done since I know I won't be doing anything from 10am till it ends.
To all those pointing to the German Quicktime site:
If these are movies and not movie trailers, why is the URL of the link:
"http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/inboundRedirect?omni-ch=Store+Front&omni-pg=Movie+Trailers&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fmoviesxml%2Fh%2Findex.xml"
Note "Movie+Trailers" in there.
?
OK, I've done a little URL/XML analysis and found that the announcement is going to include movies from the following studios:
20th Century Fox, DreamWorks S.K.G., Focus Features, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Independent, Lions Gate Films, MGM Studios, Miramax Films, New Line Cinema, Paramount Classics, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
This is straight from Apple's own XML files folks. I'm still hacking to see if I can get any listings of movies or pricing.
Apple Store down now !!
you think it could be something bigger than a video store??
Is there a live feed for this conference or is it a "watch afterward on quicktime" jobby...
Hacking an XML file? LOL, don't you mean READING?
This is simply trailer information. I'm not saying today isn't the video announcement, but this is being overblown.
Just in case you missed this:
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/sep_2006/event/index.html
And I thought Steve was just going to announce that he was posting pictures of Tom, Katie and Suri.
U.K. store down
all stores down.... only an hour and a half to go
something bigger than a video store? dont see it being much bigger - you've already got your music, now there adding the vision bit.....what else?...taste? smell? or you mean like something to rival the united nations?
"Just in case you missed this:
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/sep_2006/event/index.html"
Thanks for that.
US Apple Store down.
At the bottom of the Swedish Quicktime page there is a list of downloadable music videos. The strange thing is that the videos listed are proper movies (Transporter 2, Enigmo 2…).
Check out the link: http://www.apple.com/se/quicktime/mac.html
No Probs CDK
THE APPLE STORE IS DOWN. WOO-HOO!!!
gj terry, keep up the good work..
i'm giddy! i can't wait! 1 1/2 more hours!!!
:D!!!
do i get a prize for being the millionth person to post ' apple store down' i do?
thanks....
GUYS WE KNOW THE STORE IS DOWN, THERE ARE ALIENS FROM FAR GALAXIES THAT KNOW THE APPLE STORE IS DOWN, POSSIBLY IT MAY EVEN HAVE PENETRATED GEORE BUSH'S THICK SKULL THAT THE APPLE STORE IS DOWN, WHY? BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE WHOLE FR***NG THREAD IS ABOUT
iTunes 7 is 99% for sure!!!
I've been watching the download folders on their servers and this folder didn't exist until just a few minutes ago, now it's there and forbidden.
http://content.info.apple.com/iTunes7/
Thank you CDK.
Wow.
I get excited when these things happen.
Of course I never end up buying anything but still, I get excited.
by the way did i mention that the apple store is down in my thread? only i might have forgot.
"You know what that means, don't you?"
Yes. It means Apple doesn't know how to do a rolling update and value news splash more than their customers.
Will the event be broadcasted online ?
the apple store is down as well..i checked at 10:50 cst.
ok i suck and im 30 min late..pays to rtfb
Have you noticed that the Apple Store is down too?
Does this mean new hardware?
I certainly hope so
The iTunes store is down! And they took out the word "music"!!!
Can anyone get the live feed ( http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/sep_2006/event/index.html ) to work?
Does anyone know if the keynote is going to be webcast..blogged..WHATEVER? I'd love to see a video stream! URL's?
"Just in case you missed this:
http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/sep_2006/event/index.html"
Will this be live? Some people say it's not a live broadcast.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore/
OFFICIALLY DOWN :-)
Maybe they are just fixing their problem with the new method to strip DRM off M4P files that has been circulating in the last weeks. I suggest you use it now before it's too late.
And remember to complain about DRM limitations at the following email address:
you.buy@our.store.but.we.dont.trust.what.you.might.do.with.your.purchase
I tryed opene all the links that are either forbidden or not found on the apple site; through the google cache. Some are not in the cache, but the rest keep showing this same page:
http://72.14.209.104/search?hs=Wxp&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fphobos.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2Fcom.apple.jingle.app.store.DirectAction%2FviewAllVideos%2F&btnG=Search
Aaron
Here you are.
http://www.macrumorslive.com/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/live-from-the-steve-jobs-keynote-its-showtime/
http://live.ilounge.com/
i cant help thinking that all the people furiously writing away on this thread would be better off on this one (as noted above):
http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/live-from-the-steve-jobs-keynote-its-showtime/
in which endgadget is providing live commentary and photos on the actual event...it might even distract you for a little while from typing in 'the apple store is down'
10 more minutes.
Until then: http://www.emusic.com/ - OK this is a subscription service, however, it allows one to download songs in ... mp3 format! No DRM!
If your subscription expires, you... have the mp3s! Imagine that! Only independent music of course, the big greed studios would never go for such a deal.
Windows XP, and Now Vista is very likely to be enough to drive people over MAc. XP has had its share of issues over the years, among them, being service pack 2 and a whole host of security issues. Along with other weirdness to nurmous to mention.
I know I am seriously thinking MAC. I can't think of anything I can do on XP that I can't do on a MAC and some of it better on a MAC.
The early reviews that I've read on Vista haven't exactly been glowing. This sounding a lot like a fancy dressed up ME again. And we all know what that was.
If they put out all version of Vista that I had seen listed earlier this year, and I was a tech support worker I'd run from doing tech support for Vista. As A Windows user since windows 95 and 98m and now on my 2nd XP box, I can say in my humble opion, XP is defiantly better then 95 and 98, but I don't think it come close to being all that it could have been and I don't think Vista is getting any closer, at least not from what I have read lately.
The MAC has done so many things right, right from the beginning, starting out then they went over to OSX and started over and conceived the whole ILife concept, in the beginning. If windows where to try something like that, they would be essentially stealing or at least copying what Apple had done, and as near as I can tell done right.
As soon as finances allow I'm heading for a MAC Mini and stop worry about viruses and other nastys.., They res more I could say in favor of Mac But think I've made my point.
when i installed the new version of iTunes all of my music was gone!!!! And now i have nothing left cause i had none on my music on my computer! can i do anything to get everything back?!