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Apple Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 2/1/17, at 4:33pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/16   ·   Accession #:  1628280-17-717   ·   File #:  1-36743

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

 2/01/17  Apple Inc.                        10-Q       12/31/16   69:7.9M                                   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    624K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     43K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     72K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     59K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     37K 
                Income (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                               
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    112K 
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     34K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    119K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     51K 
19: R9          Financial Instruments                               HTML    329K 
20: R10         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     53K 
21: R11         Acquired Intangible Assets                          HTML     47K 
22: R12         Income Taxes                                        HTML     33K 
23: R13         Debt                                                HTML    109K 
24: R14         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     86K 
25: R15         Comprehensive Income                                HTML     72K 
26: R16         Benefit Plans                                       HTML     54K 
27: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     51K 
28: R18         Segment Information and Geographic Data             HTML     71K 
29: R19         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     60K 
                (Policies)                                                       
30: R20         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     40K 
                (Tables)                                                         
31: R21         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML    500K 
32: R22         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     56K 
                (Tables)                                                         
33: R23         Acquired Intangible Assets (Tables)                 HTML     46K 
34: R24         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    104K 
35: R25         Shareholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     80K 
36: R26         Comprehensive Income (Tables)                       HTML     70K 
37: R27         Benefit Plans (Tables)                              HTML     51K 
38: R28         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     34K 
39: R29         Segment Information and Geographic Data (Tables)    HTML     66K 
40: R30         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     44K 
                Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per                    
                Share (Detail)                                                   
41: R31         Financial Instruments - Cash and                    HTML    108K 
                Available-for-Sale Securities' Adjusted Cost,                    
                Gross Unrealized Gains, Gross Unrealized Losses                  
                and Fair Value Recorded as Cash and Cash                         
                Equivalents or Short-Term or Long-Term Marketable                
                Securities (Detail)                                              
42: R32         Financial Instruments - Additional Information      HTML     75K 
                (Detail)                                                         
43: R33         Financial Instruments - Derivative Instruments at   HTML     51K 
                Gross Fair Value (Detail)                                        
44: R34         Financial Instruments - Pre-Tax Gains and Losses    HTML     48K 
                of Derivative and Non-Derivative Instruments                     
                Designated as Cash Flow, Net Investment and Fair                 
                Value Hedges (Detail)                                            
45: R35         Financial Instruments - Notional Amounts of         HTML     34K 
                Outstanding Derivative Instruments and Credit Risk               
                Amounts Associated with Outstanding or Unsettled                 
                Derivative Instruments (Detail)                                  
46: R36         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     38K 
                - Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Detail)                    
47: R37         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     30K 
                - Other Non-Current Liabilities (Detail)                         
48: R38         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     32K 
                - Other Income/(Expense), Net (Detail)                           
49: R39         Acquired Intangible Assets - Components of Gross    HTML     36K 
                and Net Intangible Asset Balances (Details)                      
50: R40         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     40K 
51: R41         Debt - Additional Information (Detail)              HTML     51K 
52: R42         Debt - Summary of Cash Flows Associated With        HTML     38K 
                Issuance and Maturities of Commercial Paper                      
                (Detail)                                                         
53: R43         Debt - Summary of Term Debt (Detail)                HTML     96K 
54: R44         Shareholders' Equity - Summary of Dividends         HTML     28K 
                Declared and Paid (Detail)                                       
55: R45         Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     26K 
                (Detail)                                                         
56: R46         Shareholders' Equity - Accelerated Share            HTML     47K 
                Repurchase Activity and Related Information                      
                (Detail)                                                         
57: R47         Shareholders' Equity - Repurchases of Common        HTML     34K 
                Shares in Open Market (Detail)                                   
58: R48         Comprehensive Income - Pre-tax Amounts              HTML     46K 
                Reclassified from AOCI into Condensed Consolidated               
                Statements of Operations (Detail)                                
59: R49         Comprehensive Income - Change in Accumulated Other  HTML     50K 
                Comprehensive Income by Component (Detail)                       
60: R50         Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail)     HTML     49K 
61: R51         Benefit Plans - Restricted Stock Units Activity     HTML     52K 
                and Related Information (Detail)                                 
62: R52         Benefit Plans - Summary of Share-Based              HTML     33K 
                Compensation Expense (Detail)                                    
63: R53         Commitments and Contingencies - Changes in Accrued  HTML     30K 
                Warranties and Related Costs (Detail)                            
64: R54         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     42K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
65: R55         Segment Information and Geographic Data - Summary   HTML     39K 
                Information by Operating Segment (Detail)                        
66: R56         Segment Information and Geographic Data -           HTML     36K 
                Reconciliation of Segment Operating Income to                    
                Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations                  
                (Detail)                                                         
68: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    126K 
67: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     74K 
 5: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- aapl-20161231                       XML   2.74M 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- aapl-20161231_cal               XML    203K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- aapl-20161231_def                XML    460K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- aapl-20161231_lab                     XML   1.31M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- aapl-20161231_pre              XML    789K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- aapl-20161231                         XSD    137K 
69: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001628280-17-000717-xbrl      Zip    202K 


‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — aapl-20161231_def


This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.


                                                                                                                                                                                
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