Many Apple users are experiencing problems setting up new devices or accessing files stored on the cloud due to an ongoing iCloud outage that has lasted for more than 36 hours.
First reported by Apple Insider, as of Saturday morning, Apple’s system status page was showing “some users affected” by an issue that began at around 4:45AM ET on December 25th.
Nearly 36 hours later, the issue appears to be over. A status update at 3:30 PM (GMT 5:45) Saturday, shows the issue as “resolved.”

Apple has not provided any reason for the outage
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