Can't access iWorks apps on iCloud.com

I can't get into Numbers, Pages or Keynote on the iCloud.com website this morning. When I click on one of the icons I get chucked back to a sign-in screen. Mail, contacts, calendars, etc are all working fine.


Is anyone-else having this issue or is it just me?


Thanks,


Richard

Posted on Sep 19, 2013 2:43 AM

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Sep 24, 2013 7:28 PM in response to jgmarcel

Oops, that should've said one server at a time. Basicaly, hundreds of iCloud accounts are stored in one servers. (there's like thousands of these servers), and they have to manually go through each one of those servers. So while some people's accounts are already fixed, some aren't.


This is why it might take a while, while they go through each server.

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Sep 24, 2013 8:50 PM in response to Kento Ito

I don't think it is a real solution.


If they really figure out what the problem is, they don't need to manually go through each server. They just build an update to iCloud and deploy it to all the servers they use. Otherwise, the bug will appear again if they fix accounts individually.

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Sep 25, 2013 12:51 AM in response to Richard.Hyde

I noticed the same problem, an hour ago. I can't access iWork apps on icloud.com, and they won't sync over iCloud between OS X and iOS 7 apps. They won't even upload. Maybe my added voice will help show the issue is still widespread. I'm sure I won't be the last to report this. Hopefully, Apple fixes this or let's everyone know what is going on and what to expect.

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Sep 25, 2013 1:02 AM in response to Richard.Hyde

Same problem for me.

Could not get iCloud documents sync for Keynote, Pages, Numbers. Third party apps that use iCloud document cannot sync either (e.g. WhatsApp message backup).


This is annoying, and this should be fixed sooner than later. iWorks on browser is on beta but iCloud document sync is not. A lot of apps rely on iCloud document sync and it has been working flawlessly (though it was quite slow in my option) until now.


Don't let the mobileMe joke happens again.

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Sep 25, 2013 3:39 AM in response to Richard.Hyde

So I have basically confirmed that this is an account issue, not a server-wide one. I created a second iCloud account and could log in without any issues and use iWork apps today. Still no response from Apple even though I sent a follow-up email to my CSA. Massive dent in my confidence in their services as I use iCloud and iWork apps for work and have been having to 'make do' for the last five days.

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Sep 25, 2013 11:40 AM in response to QuickTimeX

I didn't want you to think I had forgotten about you. I know nothing more than you guys know.


I did not get the opportunity to call support last night. I am still having absolutely no success whatsoever logging in today either. The heat is not on me so much as it is on some of you, I'm sure. I use Pages, but I use file sharing with Pages and I've been able to workaround this whole fiasco that way. Plus, I had most of my Pages files on my MacBook Pro anyway.


But this really, really annoying nonetheless and I would like to be able to sync my work to my phone now as well. That's how I even discovered this whole mess to begin with .... by trying to sync my Pages docs to my new iPhone.

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Sep 25, 2013 5:17 PM in response to QuickTimeX

OK. I finally made the phone call tonight. I spoke to three different Apple representatives who kept moving me up the chain until I ended up speaking with rep named Drew who is supposed to be the iOS/iWorks apps expert.


After almost 30 minutes on the phone, he acknowledged that there is an ongoing problem that some users are encountering and that the problem is account related and not server related. He noted that there was nothing that he could do for me at this time and he promised that the Apple engineers are aware of the issue and that they are working on it. He said that he would be in touch with me in a time span that could be anywhere from several hours to several days and if I do not hear back from him, I should call or email him.


So, we are all in the same small boat, we all got the same response from Apple and we are all playing the waiting game now until Apple can fix this problem for us.


I will update again when I know something more. Good luck to us all!

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Sep 25, 2013 8:11 PM in response to Demo

Appreciate the reports here. Misery loves company, I guess. There's a similar thread at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5337977?start=0&tstart=0. It's curious some are hearing this is server related, others that it's account related. Maybe it's both server and account related, how the account settings are stored on servers. Or maybe Apple is too busy to figure out which right now.


In any case, every time I read another account here of a fellow customer taking a lot of time and trouble to report the problem in detail I can't help but marvel anew at the reality distortion on the Apple - Support - System Status page for Wednesday, September 25, 2013: "There are no reported issues at this time." I find myself mesmerized by those tasteful little green squares next to iWork for iCloud beta, Account & Sign In, and Documents in the Cloud... until I remember the disruptions to my work caused by these now many days of truly shoddy service.

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