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Mac App Store : 503 Service unavailable

Hi,


Wenn I try to update a software in the Mac App Store, the server generate the error "503 Service unavailable" while trying to download.

Has some body an explanation to this problem ?

I've already tried to logout, reboot, sign out/in, ... but it doesn't help

Thx !

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Oct 3, 2014 7:04 AM

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Posted on Oct 30, 2017 2:07 AM

I have found that when this happens, it helps to switch to a different region (scroll all the way down and click on the little flag circle bottom right), and then try updating again. It will ask for your login, tell you you're in the wrong store, and whether to redirect you to your account's country store. After that wait a few seconds for it to complete and try the update again. So far this fixed it for me every time it happens!

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Oct 30, 2017 2:07 AM in response to Saturne-34

I have found that when this happens, it helps to switch to a different region (scroll all the way down and click on the little flag circle bottom right), and then try updating again. It will ask for your login, tell you you're in the wrong store, and whether to redirect you to your account's country store. After that wait a few seconds for it to complete and try the update again. So far this fixed it for me every time it happens!

Mac App Store : 503 Service unavailable

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