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Top Apple-related stories March 31-April 4

Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of March 31-April 4.

Here are the top Apple-related articles at Apple World Today for the week of March 31-April 4.

° Look for M5-equipped MacBook Pros and iPad Pros to arrive in September or October.

° France’s Authorite de la Concurrence says Apple can continue to its App Tracking Transparency tool in the country — but has to pay a fine.

° Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple is already working on iPad Pro models with an M6 chip and an Apple-designed 5G modem, an entry-level iPad 12 with a newer chip, and MacBook Air models with an M5 chip.

° Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn plans to produce 25-30 million iPhones in India this year.

° Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple’s big redesign for macOS 16, iOS 19, and iOS 19 is codenamed “Solarium.”

° Apple has announced that Apple Intelligence is expanding to more countries.

° visionOS 2.4 is available, bringing the first set of Apple Intelligence features that help users communicate, write, and express themselves on the Apple Vision Pro.

° Apple has released macOS Sequoia 15.4 with Mail Categorization, Quick Start, and more. 

° Apple has posted iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 with Apple Intelligence changes, new Photos filters, and more.

° Apple has served up tvOS 18.4 for the Apple TV 4K and the ‌Apple TV‌ HD set-top boxes.

° watchOS 11.4 is available for the various Apple Watch models. It adds a “Break Through Silent Mode” option in Sound & Haptics. 

° Apple has been hit with a second lawsuit for false advertising about Apple Intelligence features — this one in Canada.

° Visa has offered Apple a roughly US$100 million payment to get the tech giant’s credit card, part of a battle between the country’s biggest payment networks for the Apple card.

° iOS 18.4 seems to be causing deleted apps to reappear on some users’ iPhones.

° The NLRB has postponed two complaint cases against Apple, after the Trump administration hired one of the tech giant’s lawyers to be the lead attorney for the agency.

° CIRP: Apple TV+ probably creates better Apple customers.

° A lawsuit has been filed in the US District Court of California claiming that when you buy a book in Apple Books, you don’t really own it.

° Apple security chief Thomas Moyer has been found not guilty of bribery charges over firearm permits.

° Six new games are available at Apple Arcade — and RoboCop: Rogue City is coming to the Mac on April 30.

° Apple has updated its iWork apps (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote) for macOS 15.4, iPadOS 18.4, and iOS 18.4. 

° Some iPhone users are reporting problems with CarPlay functionality after updating to iOS 18.4, according to posts on Reddit.

° Publishers can no longer send their work directly from Pages to Apple Books.

° Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) has opened an investigation against Apple Brazil to investigate the operation of its ATT feature.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.

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