500 server error app store

Im getting the same,... hope they will fix it soon,... 😐

Same here: The Apple servers must have crashed under the load of all those Lion purchases

I'm getting the same....Has anyone contacted Apple?

I think they know ;-)

BTW: I can buy and install apps from my iMac with Lion but not from my Macbook Pro with Snow Leopard. I only get the error on snow leopard.

I think I sorted this out. My problem started with "your device or computer could not be verified" and morphed from there as I tweaked.

Try this at your own peril as ymmv. Some of this may not be necessary as this was an excercise in trail and error.

Delete the following from /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration

NetworkInterfaces.plist

com.apple.network.identification.plist

com.apple.airport.preferences.plist

This all has something to do with the AirPort config - so that all needs to be reset. Once these are deleted - reboot. The NetworkInterfaces plist will rebuild.

After boot - open network configuration and delete the AirPort interface from the Automatic profile. Then immediately add it back. (not sure why I had to do this - but it didn't work otherwise). Now reboot again.

After reboot - make sure the AirPort is turned on - you may need to give it some time to sort things out and find your networks. At this point things may be fixed.

Please don't do this unless you are comfortable jacking around with stuff that may make things worse.

I works again for me. I did nothing. Just tried again a bit later and it works fine... Download is quite fast too: 15 minutes remaining.

No, it is not easy to manage. Especially when launched at the same time all over the world. - How smart is that?