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title: "*.apps.apple.com: what it is and what breaks if you block it · Kilobat"
url: "https://kilobat.app/hosts/apps-apple-com"
description: "*.apps.apple.com serves App Store content such as apps, books and music on a Mac. What it serves, and what breaks if you block it."
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# *.apps.apple.com

Hosts under `apps.apple.com` serve App Store content. Apple lists the domain for “Store content such as apps, books, and music”, on every platform.

Run by Apple · Ports: 443 TCP · Checked: 1 November 2026

## Short answer

Apple's store content host, for apps, books and music, next to *.itunes.apple.com.

Block with care

Blocking it can stop App Store content from loading or downloading. Turn off automatic updates instead.

Matches

`*.apps.apple.com`

A name with `*.` covers every name under it: `*.push.apple.com` matches `1-courier.push.apple.com`.

## What it serves

Apple's enterprise host list names `*.apps.apple.com` in its Apps and additional content section, on port 443, with proxy support.

It has the same description as [`*.itunes.apple.com`](https://kilobat.app/hosts/itunes-apple-com). Apple doesn't say how the two split the work.

On a Mac, the App Store's downloads run in [`appstoreagent`](https://kilobat.app/processes/appstoreagent) and `appstored`.

## Processes that use it

- [appstoreagent](https://kilobat.app/processes/appstoreagent): Part of macOS. They download and update apps from the App Store, so app downloads show under them, not under the App Store app.

## What breaks if you block it

Block with care

Blocking it can stop App Store content from loading or downloading. Turn off automatic updates instead.

What breaks if you block it

- App Store pages, apps and updates may fail to load or download.

With Kilobat Pro and the network filter, you can block a host for every app or for one app: in Connections, select a connection and choose Block. Apple’s own services are never blocked by Kilobat’s [Protection](https://kilobat.app/docs/blocking#protection) lists.

## Apple’s rules for its hosts

Apple’s list, [Use Apple products on enterprise networks](https://support.apple.com/en-us/101555), says that devices open these connections, not Apple’s servers. Apple services fail any connection that uses HTTPS interception, so a proxy that inspects TLS should leave Apple’s hosts alone.

If a firewall allows hosts by name, allowing `*.apple.com` covers most Apple services, Apple says. A firewall that works only with addresses can allow `17.0.0.0/8` for IPv4, and `2403:300::/32`, `2620:149::/32` and `2a01:b740::/32` for IPv6.

To see which app on your Mac opened a connection to this host, use Kilobat’s Connections tab, or the [agent network log](https://kilobat.app/docs/agents#agent-network-log) for AI agents.

## Sources

- [Apple Support: Use Apple products on enterprise networks](https://support.apple.com/en-us/101555)

Checked on 1 November 2026.

## Related

- [*.itunes.apple.com](https://kilobat.app/hosts/itunes-apple-com): Apple's store content host, for apps, books and music.
- [*.mzstatic.com](https://kilobat.app/hosts/mzstatic-com): An Apple domain for store content such as apps, books and music, and apps from websites and alternative marketplaces.