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.

° 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.

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