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Apple Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 4/1/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 5/3/17, at 4:32pm ET   ·   For:  4/1/17   ·   Accession #:  1628280-17-4790   ·   File #:  1-36743

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 5/03/17  Apple Inc.                        10-Q        4/01/17   69:9.4M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    768K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     30K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     43K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     73K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     60K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     37K 
                Income (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    111K 
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     34K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    121K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     65K 
19: R9          Financial Instruments                               HTML    362K 
20: R10         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     61K 
21: R11         Acquired Intangible Assets                          HTML     46K 
22: R12         Income Taxes                                        HTML     32K 
23: R13         Debt                                                HTML    217K 
24: R14         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     95K 
25: R15         Comprehensive Income                                HTML     85K 
26: R16         Benefit Plans                                       HTML     62K 
27: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     59K 
28: R18         Segment Information and Geographic Data             HTML    105K 
29: R19         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     60K 
                (Policies)                                                       
30: R20         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     54K 
                (Tables)                                                         
31: R21         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML    342K 
32: R22         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     64K 
                (Tables)                                                         
33: R23         Acquired Intangible Assets (Tables)                 HTML     46K 
34: R24         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    212K 
35: R25         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     90K 
36: R26         Comprehensive Income (Tables)                       HTML     83K 
37: R27         Benefit Plans (Tables)                              HTML     58K 
38: R28         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     42K 
39: R29         Segment Information and Geographic Data (Tables)    HTML    100K 
40: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     44K 
                Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per                    
                Share (Details)                                                  
41: R31         Financial Instruments - Cash, Cash Equivalents and  HTML    107K 
                Marketable Securities (Details)                                  
42: R32         Financial Instruments - Additional Information      HTML     77K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R33         Financial Instruments - Derivative Instruments at   HTML     50K 
                Gross Fair Value (Details)                                       
44: R34         Financial Instruments - Pre-Tax Gains and Losses    HTML     49K 
                of Derivative and Non-Derivative Instruments                     
                Designated as Hedges (Details)                                   
45: R35         Financial Instruments - Notional Amounts and        HTML     34K 
                Credit Risk Amounts Associated with Derivative                   
                Instruments (Details)                                            
46: R36         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     38K 
                - Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Details)                   
47: R37         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     29K 
                - Other Non-Current Liabilities (Details)                        
48: R38         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     32K 
                - Other Income/(Expense), Net (Details)                          
49: R39         Acquired Intangible Assets - Components of Gross    HTML     35K 
                and Net Intangible Asset Balances (Details)                      
50: R40         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     39K 
51: R41         Debt - Additional Information (Details)             HTML     61K 
52: R42         Debt - Summary of Cash Flows Associated with        HTML     38K 
                Commercial Paper (Details)                                       
53: R43         Debt - Summary of Term Debt (Details)               HTML    130K 
54: R44         Shareholders' Equity - Summary of Dividends         HTML     28K 
                Declared and Paid (Details)                                      
55: R45         Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     25K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R46         Shareholders' Equity - Accelerated Share            HTML     52K 
                Repurchase Activity and Related Information                      
                (Details)                                                        
57: R47         Shareholders' Equity - Repurchases of Common        HTML     34K 
                Shares in Open Market (Details)                                  
58: R48         Comprehensive Income - Pre-tax Amounts              HTML     48K 
                Reclassified from AOCI into Condensed Consolidated               
                Statements of Operations (Details)                               
59: R49         Comprehensive Income - Change in AOCI by Component  HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R50         Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Details)    HTML     49K 
61: R51         Benefit Plans - Restricted Stock Units Activity     HTML     51K 
                and Related Information (Details)                                
62: R52         Benefit Plans - Summary of Share-Based              HTML     33K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
63: R53         Commitments and Contingencies - Changes in Accrued  HTML     30K 
                Warranties and Related Costs (Details)                           
64: R54         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     42K 
                Information (Details)                                            
65: R55         Segment Information and Geographic Data - Summary   HTML     40K 
                Information by Operating Segment (Details)                       
66: R56         Segment Information and Geographic Data -           HTML     37K 
                Reconciliation of Segment Operating Income to                    
                Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations                  
                (Details)                                                        
68: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    125K 
67: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     78K 
 5: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- aapl-20170401                       XML   3.44M 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- aapl-20170401_cal               XML    206K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- aapl-20170401_def                XML    485K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- aapl-20170401_lab                     XML   1.37M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- aapl-20170401_pre              XML    814K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- aapl-20170401                         XSD    144K 
69: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001628280-17-004790-xbrl      Zip    221K

‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — aapl-20170401_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

                                                                                                                                                                                
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