Why is the Apple Mac Developer portal down, and for how long?

There are trolls on every forum on the Internet; especially on Apple-related forums.

For some strange reason, people need to set up an Apple ID and log in here just to start flame wars.

I've never understood it.

I don't go on other non-Apple related forums (Android, et. al) and say how bad anything is about that platform.

That's one of the differences between the two platforms.

I don't think anyone would want to bother creating an "Apple ID" just to come on here, the fact I had to register one might be the answer.

And secondly just because you don't go on the Android forums and post or rant isn't the difference between the 2 platforms, its got nothing to do with the platforms, its to do with the end user base.

Don't waste your breath on this guy.

That's good advice.

According to a statement released by Prada the Russian News Agency. Snowden reports that the Obama administration lead by their number one hatchet man Eric "Closet King" Holder, the USG was going to keep Apples developer portal down until a significant under the table payment was made.

Prada insists that this falls in line with the Administrations fiscal policy of Redistribution of wealth.

I wonder if this is true?

"Redistribution of wealth"? Ain Rand: Atlas Shrugged... ? b.t.w. good book to read!

How did we get to talking about Ayn Rand on an apple developer board? LOL.

I want to start talking about red-ticket camera enforcement.

Why the wild rasberries outside my home grow.

And my canoe -- that I am gonig to paint purple for the nieces and nephews.

All of which are being affected by the apple developer board being down.

We make lite of the sad reality that Apple is not Enterprise ready.

Well since the Dev Portal is down, I am trying to get my first app as ready as possible... I am a total newb, fyi. Can anyone give me some links, or tips for the App Store artwork, like if your app is featured, I mean, what should I be prepared for? Also, if any of you are particularly bored then head over to my website wonderpolls.com, it is what my app is based off of...

As this is not a developer forum and instead a public one, the NDA prevents us from answering that question. Therein lies the problem with Apple's NDA and the fact that while they are down we have no outlet for that exact type of question. I second Menace7dc's comment, they are not enterprise ready. This has effectively shutdown our development department. Nearly all of our 500 developers have been re-tasked to work on Android apps until the dev portal is restored and proven reliable. Why continue to work on iOS apps when you cant submit the changes.. UGH I hate to see what the timelines are going to look like. Most of the projects only have a 2 week buffer.

Well alrighty then..., I was just about to sign up and pay my $100 to get my first app going, and bam, sites down... Gues I gotta wait. At least it's sunny in Orlando!

Eloquently worded Deep Sea. If I were Apple I would hire someone like myself who understands Enterprise Strategy and can make their business model work at both the retail and Enterprise level. I Love Apple but the fact is that they have outgrown themselves, they have developed a succesful business model that is being managed like teen agers. They are losing monies and dont even know it.

Seems things are starting to move. Did you receive the last email from apple?

Yeah, new mail from Apple, "Apple Developer System Status Update":

"We apologize for the significant inconvenience caused by our developer website downtime. We've been working around the clock to overhaul our developer systems, update our server software, and rebuild our entire database. While we complete the work to bring our systems back online, we want to share the latest with you.

We plan to roll out our updated systems, starting with Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles, Apple Developer Forums, Bug Reporter, pre-release developer libraries, and videos first. Next, we will restore software downloads, so that the latest betas of iOS 7, Xcode 5, and OS X Mavericks will once again be available to program members. We'll then bring the remaining systems online. To keep you up to date on our progress, we've created a status page to display the availability of our systems.

If your program membership is set to expire during this period, it will be extended and your app will remain on the App Store. If you have any other concerns about your account, please contact us.

Thank you for your continued patience."

Deep Sea wrote:

As this is not a developer forum and instead a public one, the NDA prevents us from answering that question. Therein lies the problem with Apple's NDA and the fact that while they are down we have no outlet for that exact type of question.

Your response seems to suggest that you have never actually seen the Apple Developer site. You also seem unaware of the myriad of other Apple and non-Apple sites that, in all honesty, have much better and more comprehensive information than anything on the Apple Developer site.

I second Menace7dc's comment, they are not enterprise ready. This has effectively shutdown our development department. Nearly all of our 500 developers have been re-tasked to work on Android apps until the dev portal is restored and proven reliable. Why continue to work on iOS apps when you cant submit the changes.. UGH I hate to see what the timelines are going to look like. Most of the projects only have a 2 week buffer.

You have 500 developers and you've retasked them all to work on Android apps because developer.apple.com is down? Your projects have a 2 week buffer?

This is not the official "Developer" Developer forums. This is the Developer forum for the consumer-oriented ASC forums. Still, most of us are actual developers. I have actually been on a project with 500 developers. We had a big celebration when we got our buffer down to 4 months. Nice try, Mr. Vandelay.