By Rob Lenihan The iPhone maker had transformed its physical stores into fortresses where it had to show its paws during the pandemic When Apple (AAPL) – Get Apple Inc. Report began reopening stores in May 2020 early on in the Covid-19 pandemic, the computer giant told customers that “our stores will look a little different.” On that day in May, Apple said that “nearly 100 of our stores globally have been able to open their doors to our customers again.” ‘Giving Everybody Lots of Room’At this time, more than 4.6 million cases of Covid-19 had been recorded, including at least 314,000 deaths, an…