iCloud Mail broken? At least it isn't just you!

Icloud Mail Outage (Image credit: iMore)

What you need to know

Some users are reportedly experiencing issues with Apple's iCloud Mail service.
Apple confirms that some users may be having intermittent issues.

Apple has confirmed that "some users" are having issues with its iCloud Mail service at the moment. While the company isn't saying exactly what "intermittent issues" users are having, it does say that it began a couple of hours ago and that not all users are impacted.

Users may be experiencing intermittent issues with this service.

Twitter is already full of people complaining about the outage, with users receiving an error when trying to check their mail.

same, it's down for me too all of a sudden. whenever I try and refresh the cloud mail app on my iPhone it says "'Account Error: iCloud.' Details..."same, it's down for me too all of a sudden. whenever I try and refresh the cloud mail app on my iPhone it says "'Account Error: iCloud.' Details..."— hovanes sungulyan (@brians3395) April 26, 2021 April 26, 2021

Apple is clearly aware of the issue so it should only be a matter of time before service is resumed. If you're impacted, there isn't much you can do other than sit tight and maybe treat yourself to another coffee or three.

Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.