article_snippet: Apple services were down for approximately eleven hours and the long outage may have cost Apple millions of dollars in lost sales.
article_snippet: Outage is thought to be affecting would-be customers in the UK, US, Canada, India and other regions .
article_snippet: We’re working to make all of the services available to customers as soon as possible, and We’re thank everyone for everyone patience.'
article_snippet: The status page also reveals that some users had problems accessing some users iCloud mail this morning and may have been unable to sign in.
article_snippet: The outage appears to have been ongoing for several hours this morning, according to 
article_snippet: TestFlight - a service used by developers to test apps - is also down, as well as Apple Support, meaning it is hard for customers to get help in accessing the services.
article_snippet: Earlier today the problems seem to be geographically inconsistent.
article_snippet: But now Apple has said The outage is affecting all Apple users across the world, but has yet to respond to MailOnline's request for comment.
highlights_snippet: Apple services have been down for eight hours and counting .
  