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App Store search is working again, Apple says

Edward C. Baig
USA TODAY
The App Store search is broken.

NEW YORK—Apple says a glitch that broke the search functions in the App Store Thursday morning has been resolved.

The company didn't reveal a cause for the issue, which broke down the search function people use to find apps for the iPhone, iPad and iPad touch, as well as apps for the Mac App Store. But a person familiar with Apple's position on the issue said the bug was not caused by malicious hacker. The person did not want to be named because they are not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Folks took to social media to complain about receiving search results that were wrong or incomplete, even with popular well-known brands. Before the issue was fixed, for example, a colleague of mine tried numerous ways to search for the Waze app on an iPhone, to no avail.

Apple had acknowledged the problem on its status page with a message that "Service is not working as expected for all users."

There were also reports that the issue extended to music searches in iTunes and books searches in the iBooks Store.

Despite the widespread problems with search, other functions within the App Store were working, at least on my iPhone. I could still view "Featured" apps, "Top Charts" and download new apps.

Apple stock closed down 0.41% Thursday.

Email: ebaig@usatoday.com; Follow USA TODAY Personal Tech Columnist @edbaig on Twitter

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