How to set App store Languages?

Relax, people, Apple probably is the last company that would like to stop people from "thinking different"

But our Mexican friend is also right, Apple won't read here, this is a user forum.

So, to solve the iTunes store language problem:

Just ask a friend (or relative) to use his or her address to register an additional apple ID without a credit card.

You can then use iTunes gift cards (or purchase credits online) to charge your account and buy apps/music in the iTunes store you want.

I am German, living in the Netherlands but prefer my stuff in English, I have three Apple IDs 🙂

iPhone, iPad and my Mac have no problems with multiple IDs, you just have to enter the three of them when you back up and to update all apps simultaneously. (apparently also iCloud doesn't like multiple accounts on one machine but hey... as long as I can buy my apps I don't care)

As the money is flowing to the respective store also Apple does not mind. You just can't use a Dutch CreditCard for US purchases, that won't work.

Instructions how to set up an Apple ID without a password:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2534

Success to all you Expats 😉

Hello

Now i have the following question.

I am from Belgium and have iphone4. I saw a list that the appstore in Belgium is availeble in French and English.

I updated today to IOS5 and selected language of the phone in English but i see my Appstore on the phone is in French and also the reminders app when i open it, it is in French.

Before the update it was in English. Anybody some help?

Koen

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2242

I agree with you. As a minimum, they could change the icon descriptions, pop ups etc. Ie, just because I have a credit card resisted in the Netherlands, it shows "Mandje" for "Shopping cart" and "OK/Annuleren" for "OK/Cancel" and this has nothing to do with the store that you looking at. If I change store to one in the UK, I can reserve a device whose description is in English and prices in GBP but all of the interface language is in Dutch, just because my credit card is registered in the Netherlands.

This appears to be some kind of bloody mindedness on Apples side. For example, the MAC App store application used to give you your menu options in the machine language - that was "upgraded" so you could only get them in your credit card language. These are menu items, nothing to do with TAX or Legal requirements.

The Dutch iTunes site used to be in English, then it was in English and Dutch and now just in Dutch. The ironic thing is that most of the songs and applications are described in English but the whole UI is in Dutch and all of the apple descriprions of their own software is in Dutch.

Hardly anyone in the world speaks Dutch

There are over 100,000 English speaking people in Amsterdam

Most of the TV is in English (with Dutch sub titles)

I can go into almost any store (be it physical or on the internet) and speak with someone in English

Why is it that apple cannot even give provide menu options in the language that the CUSTOMER wants.

I am sure that when the Apple people came over here to set up shop and sign contracts, they spoke English with their Dutch counterparts.

Hi John,

I'm from Amsterdam, had a Dutch credit card and therefor my App Store was in Dutch. Moved to Australia a while ago and changed the language/personal details (including an Aussie credit card).

Everything is in English (what I prefer) now, apart from the menubar (the one that says: Featured/Top Charts/Categories/Purchases/Updates) in the App Store on my iPhone. It's just on my iPhone, iTunes and App Store on my Mac are just fine. It's no biggie really, as Dutch is my mother tongue, but I just find it a bit weird.

Do you or does anybody else here knows what this issue could be?

Cheers

Jo

Try logging out of your account on your iPhone, iPad etc and then selecting to create a new id. Select the apple store in Australia and then 'cancel' the setup. The language should now be set.

If you log back into your own account, then everything should be fine with the menus etc.

My issue is more the other way that I would like English but am forced to use Dutch because of the location of my credit card!

Success...

I was able to fix this by doing a google search, here's the solution that worked for me, but my problem is a little different than some of the people that posted here as I have a MacBook Air that I aquired from China. I believe this will reset the App Store to whatever language is prevalent in your region. In my case, I wanted to change it from Chinese to English, as I am in the US.

1. Quit the App Store.
2. Start up a Terminal. You can find Terminal in the Utilities folder under the Applications group in the Finder window. When you start it, it should look something like below.

3. Now what we're going to do is use some commands to delete App Store caches. You do not need to worry about deleting these files since, by definition, they are a copy of what is already stored on the Apple servers and will automatically be restored. Type of the following commands exactly as you see below (in fact, go ahead and copy and paste them into Terminal).

• rm -r ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.appstore
• rm -r ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.storeagent
• rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.appstore.plist
• rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.storeagent.plist
• rm ~/Library/Cookies/com.apple.appstore.plist

4. Now fire App Store back up, it should be reset

Swedish is an official language of Finland but App Store comes in Finnish only. This is a problem especially for the people of the self governing Aland Islands who generally do not know any Finnish.

I have the same problem with my app app and airbnb app being in Swedish (I was there yesterday) b7ut it is not reverting to English now that I am back home ... what to do. Saw something about an IP address but I am totally low tech and need an idiot's instruction.

H E L P! P L E A S E!!!!!