Hey, Apple! Another Moronic Upgrade! Really?

I have this old iPad. It has stopped playing very well with newer apps and does crazy things when the apps start interfering with each other. When this happens, the Apple Store Genius suggested I just restore the factory settings, try to move on slowly by reinstalling apps and try to figure out which app it doesn't like. Oh, great. I have nothing better to do than figure that out (isn't that Apple's Job since they control all the apps?), so the iPod sits on my desk largely unused.

Then, I read an article in Slate (here) suggesting that a new app (Duet Display), about to be released, could be used to turn your iPad into a second monitor. Since I need more monitor real estate, that sounded like a good use for the old iPad. So, I decided to clean it up and get it ready for Duet Display by restoring the factory settings, upgrading the operating system and wiping out all the old apps and data.

After the iPad was restored (I did this from my Mac) and after I swiped the "Get Started" screen, I was greeting with the window above which is either in Danish or Swedish (Google translate couldn't make up its mind). So, OK, I was able to figure out how to configure my Wi Fi but after that nothing made sense and Google translate wasn't helping. 

My next step was to go searching on the Internet for "How to change the iPad Language setting" and this took a bit of time and a few dead ends, but eventually I found instructions (here). The instructions say it's for iOS 6 or earlier (I'm at iOS 8) but the fix worked. Go to Settings > General >  and locate the fifth group of settings, which contains three options (that you can't read) and tap the last option. This takes you to a screen that allows you to select a language you can read. Then you have to go through the entire "Get Started" process again but at least this time you understand what you are doing. All this jerking around probably took me two hours.

This is really crazy! Apple desperately needs someone like Steve Jobs to throw the offending tablet on the floor, fire the software engineers that wrote the Restore program (they were probably Danish or Swedish) and scream at people till everyone wakes up. 

The programming solution is very simple. Ask what language you prefer before going through the "Getting Started" process. Any of my students could program this for you, like that last moronic iPhone upgrade (here).

Hey, Apple! Read this: Dumm Updates sind verboten!