We're sorry, we cannot complete your request on the iTunes store at this time.

Yea the same is happening to me.. It was working just fine a few hours ago. I guess the server is too busy and apple should be able to fix it soon.

same problem here

Frankly, you should be glad about it. Thousands of people have had their accounts hacked, their credit cards, gift cards and bank accounts totally emptied. This has been going on since 2007 and Apple refuses to heighten their security nor do they have a standard policy on refunds, often sticking the customer with the price of the theft and closing their accounts thereby rescinding all access to any content the user might have previously purchased. Use Amazon for mp3s, their prices are cheaper anyway.

I guess: iWork 4 iPhones will cause a lot of traffic ??? That means tons of old users are updating and tons more trying to get it on their iPhones now :-)

Yeah.... same here.. Can not update with my APPLE ID, but I tried using my brother's Apple ID and worked fine... I can not update my apps in my Mac and iPad, can not sign in "We're sorry, we cannot complete your request on the iTunes Store at this time." Just yesterday I bought an app... What's happening...??!!!

I've been having the same problem. I'm pretty sure it's on Apple's end, and there's not much to do but wait.

I always try to download movies and TV shows in advance, although this is the first time in quite a while that I've had problems with it on Apple's end -- normally I'm just worried about my internet flaking out, which was happening pretty regularly for a while, or just slowing down way too much and taking hours to download anything. It's a good approach when you can manage it as it eliminates the risk of this sort of thing messing up your whole night. If you still have enough movie night left tonight though, you could try renting something from Amazon. It's streaming rather than download, so it's vulnerable to inconsistencies in internet speed, and it tends not to be as good quality as iTunes video (at least in my experience), but at least you might still be able to get a movie in tonight.

It just came back for me (sometime within the 10 minutes or so since I'd last checked)... hopefully it's working for everyone now.

Same happening to me. All my Apple devices are now persona non-grata in any interaction requiring authorization.

Hmm.. Same here. I can't buy a song, update an App or purchase a new App.

Logged out and back in, restarted phone ... thought I'd check here.

The same was happening to me today. But now it works well. Time solved the matter, as for me.

So, as soon as i open itunes, i get this message, except it's not the one with the red X on it, it just says "We're sorry. we cannot complete your request on the itunes store at this time" and the same message appears when trying to make a purchase. HOWEVER< i am also getting an authorization block on my Apple TV for items that have been purchased for a while... this is so frustrating... anyone have an idea? it'll be 3 days before "the geniuses" get back to me