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The Apple Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026

27 points • by tech234a • today at 3:26 AM • 17 comments • view on HN

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wafflebot • today at 4:02 AM

My gosh I don't remember the last time I found anything useful on there. It feels like every response is someone telling OP that Apple doesn't read those forums, and directing them how to file feedback. Sad though to see Apple pull further away from their community.

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mdotk • today at 4:40 AM

It's always been completely useless anyway. Never, EVER, got an answer from it.

bradknowles • today at 3:46 AM

Has anyone heard the real reason for this?

Does anyone know of any good alternatives that actually work? And please don’t suggest Reddit.

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speedylight • today at 3:51 AM

Relative to profits, this forum costs Apple pennies to run what the hell :(

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iAMkenough • today at 5:15 AM

> We want to thank the community members who have contributed their time and expertise to help others with their Apple products.

Why even offer this hollow patronizing comment?

If you want to thank them, actually thank them with some token of appreciation other than a single, anonymous passive-voice remark in an announcement banner when they go to login to help others.

thraway3837 • today at 4:30 AM

Link works just fine for those wondering if it's down already.

I'm glad they are shutting this down, I hope the also switch off the site entirely so search engines don't link to it. It was mostly junk with people posting anecdotal recipes for making things work. It may have been a useful place to find information maybe 15 years ago, but the SNR ratio even then was bad. Good riddance.

ulfw • today at 4:15 AM

Link doesn't work, like everything Apple

Is this the useless thing where you posted bugs and Apple ignored you?