Frequent readers will recall that Apple has had it’s Developer Centre offline due to a hack. Up until now, there has been no ETA as to when it will come back online. Now after days of silence, Apple has posted an update. Here’s an excerpt:
We apologize for the significant inconvenience caused by our developer website downtime. We’ve been working around the clock to overhaul our developer systems, update our server software, and rebuild our entire database. While we complete the work to bring our systems back online, we want to share the latest with you.
We plan to roll out our updated systems, starting with Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles, Apple Developer Forums, Bug Reporter, pre-release developer libraries, and videos first. Next, we will restore software downloads, so that the latest betas of iOS 7, Xcode 5, and OS X Mavericks will once again be available to program members. We’ll then bring the remaining systems online. To keep you up to date on our progress, we’ve created a status page to display the availability of our systems.
It sounds like there’s a major redesign of how the site works to address whatever issues the hack has brought to light. At least now users of the site will know where things sit and how long it might take to bring things online. Though I still wonder if all the facts will come out at the end of the day.
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Apple Announces Plan To Bring Developer Centre Back Online
Frequent readers will recall that Apple has had it’s Developer Centre offline due to a hack. Up until now, there has been no ETA as to when it will come back online. Now after days of silence, Apple has posted an update. Here’s an excerpt:
We apologize for the significant inconvenience caused by our developer website downtime. We’ve been working around the clock to overhaul our developer systems, update our server software, and rebuild our entire database. While we complete the work to bring our systems back online, we want to share the latest with you.
We plan to roll out our updated systems, starting with Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles, Apple Developer Forums, Bug Reporter, pre-release developer libraries, and videos first. Next, we will restore software downloads, so that the latest betas of iOS 7, Xcode 5, and OS X Mavericks will once again be available to program members. We’ll then bring the remaining systems online. To keep you up to date on our progress, we’ve created a status page to display the availability of our systems.
It sounds like there’s a major redesign of how the site works to address whatever issues the hack has brought to light. At least now users of the site will know where things sit and how long it might take to bring things online. Though I still wonder if all the facts will come out at the end of the day.
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