The
first thing I
saw yesterday morning when I woke and went to put sleep and weight data
into my
FitBit account, was an iPad update notice from Apple. There was a
very long list
of
improvements, and I was anxious to see whether, finally, Apple will
allow me to delete all mail in a lump sum, instead of having to delete
every blessed item individually (didn't see that included). The
second
thing I noticed was that this update
could not be installed because it required 6.9 GB of storage, and I had
just 3.4 G.B. available.
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I rang up my list of items that used hardware storage that was under my
control, namely Apps, and noted that if I deleted every single item it
would free up just a shade over 2 GB. What's using the rest of my
32GB? This is not like a PC, where you can just look at the
contents,
so I have no clue. What I do know is, that if I cannot
install this
update, then I will never be able to install any subsequent updates,
which mens that in just 6 months after shelling out $600 for this iPad,
it is obsolete. ???? Right? I mean, it's not
like a PC, where you can simply install more memory. You're stuck.
Then I saw that Drudge had posted the "Warning, do not install iOS 8 update story, so maybe this update is so fkd'up
that nobody with iPad Air can use it? Anyone?
Now let me say
that iPad is
a glorious device. Once you get the hang of how things work, it's
efficient and fabulously intuitive. Apple, then, makes the trains
run
on time; but then so too did Mussolini. It's fair to say
that Apple
is a benevolent dictatorship. The user must adapt to a very
rigidly
controlled governing body that allows virtually no freedom to
cross
the border into, say, squalid Mexico, where one might contract a
STD. It is the the nanny state
personified.
 The downside to
Mussolini's government.
Here's an example of what Applers must
live with. When I
bought the iPad Air, I bequeathed my Gen 1 iPad to MoSup. I
foolishly
returned it to it's original state, so that she could begin anew.
But
guess what? When we went to install the Apps she wanted, like
Facebook, Kindle, NetFlix, etc., it was no longer possible. "This app requires iOS 7 or higher"
was the response for everything. Even apps
that iTunes App store showed as having been "purchased" were
rejected. Not only can't she install Kindle, she can't install
ANY book reader.
NADA. She cannot install Firefox, or Chrome.
Yes, I spent hours browsing the web, where other iPadders were
suggesting ways that
might allow this or that, but I could find no Apple explanation for why
programs that ran yesterday were no longer viable today? They
don't, evidently, have to explain themselves.
I'm actually
writing this for Apple support's benefit, which assistance I am about
to request; and posting it as an aside. |
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