Apple’s long-time community forum is officially being put to rest.
The company posted a notice on the Apple Community Forum Tuesday night, noting that it will officially close on November 20. All posts are now read-only.
“The Apple Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026. Starting today, the site will no longer accept new posts and is available in a read-only state,” the notice said.
“You can continue to find trusted guidance and support on the official Apple Support site.”
As Ars Technica noted, the forum allowed users to get quick tech advice through other members of the forum, with the occasional Apple employee chiming in to help, or provide updates to any fixes. However, as with most community forums, helpfulness and accuracy would vary.
Apple first launched the community forum in 1998, when it launched the Apple Tech Exchange. This forum changed its name to Apple Discussions in 2000, and then to Apple Support Communities in 2011. The name would change one final time to Apple Support Community in 2022.
According to MacRumors, Apple said it decided to retire the forum after a careful evaluation of strategy and customer needs.
Now that the user-to-user support forum is gone, Apple is pushing users to get tech support through the official Apple Support site. However, other peer-to-peer alternatives, like Reddit or the MacRumors forums, can still provide quick answers to problems without going to the company first.
Source: MacRumors, ARSTechnica
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