Apple says services are back up

New York - Apple, whose App Store, Apple Music, iTunes Store and some other services were disrupted for more than three hours on Tuesday, said the services were back up.

Apple said earlier on Tuesday it was experiencing some issues with its App Store, Apple Music, iTunes Store and some other services.

The company did not provide details but said only some users were affected.

Checks by Reuters on several Apple sites in Asia, Europe and North and South America all showed issues with the services.

The problems appeared to have started just before 16:00, according to a timeline on Apple's US support page.

Apple Insider, a tech news blog, said the disruption was likely caused by excess traffic associated with the announcement of MTV's 2015 Video Music Awards nominees, made exclusively on Apple's Beats 1 music service.

"We are investigating and will update the status as more information becomes available," Apple said on the support site.

Apple is scheduled to report its third-quarter results later on Tuesday.

Earlier Fin24 user Landelo wrote: "I'm experiencing problems with the App Store. Whenever I visit, I goes completely blank. It's frustrating" and Fin24 user Lindsay said she is experiencing ongoing problems with the App Store.

Fin24 user Mark wrote: "I can't do any updates, I have 16 to download."

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