Apple-hosted .Mac websites blocked in China

Jonny Evans
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April 29, 2008
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 China may be blocking .Mac sites from being accessed by internet users in the country, though iDisks, iWeb site updates and other functions are working fine.

Access to .Mac sites has reported to be unavailable to internet users in Beijing, Shenzen, Hunan, Hangzhou and Zhuhai, and most reports agree that its user-made websites that are suffering from the blockage.

MacFixIt cites multiple reports to this effect, while Apple’s .Mac discussion pages also carry complaints to this effect. “Any page beginning with Web.mac.com is blocked,” the report explains. Email and other features of Apple’s subscription-based service is working fine, the report claims.

“I don't know how many readers you have in China, but it is a pretty big place and the issue seems to be affecting a lot of .Mac users here," one reader told the website.

 

Comments (4)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | April 29, 2008 - 11:10am

9to5mac is blocked in China now too suckaz

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | April 29, 2008 - 8:06pm

9to5mac is blocked in China too???? Noway man, my friend in China just told me it's all working fine, but .mac service seems having some problem atm.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | April 30, 2008 - 6:19am

Just the beginning of blocked sites in ramp up to the Olympic games. If China could I think they would just shut down the internet during the games

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | April 30, 2008 - 8:05am

when it comes to the common people of china, to block, to prohibit, to forbid, or to ban is all what Chinese government can do when facing problems.