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As many of you have e-mailed us, the Apple Store is indeed down. Usually when this happens, I tend to kind of ignore it -- nine times out of ten, it is nothing -- but it's a Tuesday. Plus, given the rumors and speculation of an impending MacBook Pro refresh...Want to drag a file to another folder and copy it instead of moving it? Press the Option key when you drag that file and it'll be duplicated rather than moved entirely.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Eriksson said 7:27AM on 2-12-2008
yea dude! yea!
it's not down international yet though =/
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Yazdgerd said 8:50AM on 2-12-2008
ZOMG! Store is back and now showing iNewton here!
Ben said 7:35AM on 2-12-2008
Down in Canada too. And I just ordered a MacBook. Can I get a refund or something if they announce new features or lower prices?
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Christina Warren said 7:38AM on 2-12-2008
I believe that if it hasn't shipped, yes -- if it has, but you haven't received it, call and raise bloody murder in the event that the MB is updated.
Michel said 7:40AM on 2-12-2008
yes you can.
tdowling said 7:47AM on 2-12-2008
Yeah, you can get a price adjustment if it's within two weeks. I think you can exchage for an upgraded model only if it's unopened, though
Reuven said 7:42AM on 2-12-2008
No need to sit there refreshing. Try this (lifted and tweaked from a previous commented, some other time and place):
#!/bin/bash
while [ "0" = "0" ]
do
curlgrep=`curl http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore 2>/dev/null | grep "back soon"`
if [ "$curlgrep" = "" ]
then
osascript -e "tell application \"System Events\" to display dialog \"Apple Store back online\nhttp://store.apple.com\"" &
open http://store.apple.com
exit
else
echo "Still down"
fi
sleep 30
done
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Christina Warren said 7:43AM on 2-12-2008
Hey, that's pretty sweet!
Sebastian said 7:56AM on 2-12-2008
We need this wrapped up into an application, sitting in the taskbar (probably as a yellow postit) and notifying using Growl. Anyone?
Robert DeFusco said 8:15AM on 2-12-2008
here's a crappy version modified for bash/curl/grep on windows... i wish i had a mac at work =(
#!/bin/bash
while [ "0" = "0" ]
do
curlgrep=`curl http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore 2>/dev/null | grep "back soon"`
if [ "$curlgrep" = "" ]
then
echo "Apple Store back online"
"/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" -new http://store.apple.com
exit
else
echo "Still down"
fi
sleep 30
done
Daniel Tull said 8:39AM on 2-12-2008
Hey. I've created this in an applescript with calls to Growl to update you of the progress using the bash script above.
It can be found here:
http://www.danieltull.co.uk/files/scripts/IsAppleStoreOnline.scpt
By default it checks the US Apple Store every 30 seconds, but this can be changed by altering the theAppleStoreURL and theDelay variables at the top of the script.
One issue, if you launch it from the scripts menu, I don't know how to stop it until the store comes back online... So I hope it does eventually! Else I'm getting growled at every 30secs.
FredrikL said 7:44AM on 2-12-2008
For those of you actualy hitting the refresh button manualy, try Firefox addon: ReloadEvery 2.0
It´s pretty nice, got mine set to 60 seconds. :-b
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DagMX said 7:58AM on 2-12-2008
or for opera users who don't know this, simply right click on the page and select the 'reload every' option to choose the time delay between refreshes
Craig said 9:25AM on 2-12-2008
is there a safari reload every? anyone?
Kenji F said 7:52AM on 2-12-2008
Strange thing, only the Stores located in the Americas (USA, Canada, Mexico) are down. Maybe a manteinance update?
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Christina Warren said 7:55AM on 2-12-2008
Oh that's very possible. We could all just be stupidly waiting on nothing.
Anton said 8:07AM on 2-12-2008
I think this was the case when they updated Touch and iPhone too. UK store didn't go down, but did get the same update a little later.
Patrick McCarron said 8:08AM on 2-12-2008
I have my money on Time Capsule being marked "Now Shipping" and then put on the front store page more prominently. Time Capsule was waiting on 10.5.2 I'm betting.
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zak said 8:12AM on 2-12-2008
I'm pulling for the Apple TV upgrade. Today is, after all, exactly four weeks since the keynote.
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mentalsticks said 8:22AM on 2-12-2008
yeah, but they wouldn't need to update the website for that. I just tried "update software" and there's nothing yet.
I don't understand why it is so hard for the Apple website to add a new product. I mean, no other website goes down when there's nothing more happening than a new product added, is there? That's a stupid remark. It's marketing. Look how anxiously we are all watching the website. There's now technical reason, it's just building suspense.
Get a life you guys! There won't be an update! Why are you all staring at that page like a bunch of zombies? It's just maintenance, nothing else. Go outside and do something! Yes but it's Tuesday. TUES-DAY.