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Apple Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/27/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Thursday, 7/30/20, at 7:29pm ET   ·   As of:  7/31/20   ·   For:  6/27/20   ·   Accession #:  320193-20-62   ·   File #:  1-36743

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

 7/31/20  Apple Inc.                        10-Q        6/27/20   77:10M

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    959K 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
11: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    104K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     73K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     65K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML    102K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)   HTML     31K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders'  HTML     66K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    119K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     60K 
19: R9          Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     63K 
20: R10         Financial Instruments                               HTML    354K 
21: R11         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     64K 
22: R12         Income Taxes                                        HTML     28K 
23: R13         Debt                                                HTML     84K 
24: R14         Shareholders' Equity                                HTML     27K 
25: R15         Comprehensive Income                                HTML     86K 
26: R16         Benefit Plans                                       HTML     55K 
27: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     53K 
28: R18         Segment Information and Geographic Data             HTML     98K 
29: R19         Leases                                              HTML    120K 
30: R20         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     68K 
                (Policies)                                                       
31: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     53K 
                (Tables)                                                         
32: R22         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     53K 
33: R23         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML    346K 
34: R24         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     67K 
                (Tables)                                                         
35: R25         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     84K 
36: R26         Comprehensive Income (Tables)                       HTML     87K 
37: R27         Benefit Plans (Tables)                              HTML     54K 
38: R28         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     43K 
39: R29         Segment Information and Geographic Data (Tables)    HTML     99K 
40: R30         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     94K 
41: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     45K 
                Additional Information (Details)                                 
42: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     44K 
                Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per                    
                Share (Details)                                                  
43: R33         Revenue Recognition - Additional Information        HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
44: R34         Revenue Recognition - Deferred Revenue, Expected    HTML     33K 
                Timing of Realization, Percentage (Details)                      
45: R35         Revenue Recognition - Deferred Revenue, Expected    HTML     33K 
                Timing of Realization, Period (Details)                          
46: R36         Revenue Recognition - Net Sales Disaggregated by    HTML     39K 
                Significant Products and Services (Details)                      
47: R37         Financial Instruments - Cash, Cash Equivalents and  HTML     95K 
                Marketable Securities (Details)                                  
48: R38         Financial Instruments - Additional Information      HTML     76K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R39         Financial Instruments - Restricted Cash (Details)   HTML     36K 
50: R40         Derivative Instruments at Gross Fair Value          HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R41         Pre-Tax Gains and Losses of Derivative and          HTML     54K 
                Non-Derivative Instruments Designated as Cash Flow               
                and Net Investment Hedges (Details)                              
52: R42         Derivative Instruments Designated as Fair Value     HTML     50K 
                Hedges and Related Hedged Items (Details)                        
53: R43         Notional Amounts and Credit Risk Amounts            HTML     34K 
                Associated with Derivative Instruments (Details)                 
54: R44         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     37K 
                - Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Details)                   
55: R45         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     29K 
                - Other Non-Current Liabilities (Details)                        
56: R46         Condensed Consolidated Financial Statement Details  HTML     32K 
                - Other Income/(Expense), Net (Details)                          
57: R47         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Details)     HTML     40K 
58: R48         Debt - Additional Information (Details)             HTML     53K 
59: R49         Debt - Summary of Cash Flows Associated with        HTML     36K 
                Commercial Paper (Details)                                       
60: R50         Debt - Summary of Term Debt (Details)               HTML     73K 
61: R51         Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R52         Comprehensive Income - Pre-tax Amounts              HTML     48K 
                Reclassified from AOCI into the Condensed                        
                Consolidated Statements of Operations (Details)                  
63: R53         Comprehensive Income - Change in AOCI by Component  HTML     63K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R54         Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Details)    HTML     42K 
65: R55         Benefit Plans - Restricted Stock Units Activity     HTML     50K 
                and Related Information (Details)                                
66: R56         Benefit Plans - Summary of Share-Based              HTML     27K 
                Compensation Expense and the Related Income Tax                  
                Benefit (Details)                                                
67: R57         Commitments and Contingencies - Changes in Accrued  HTML     30K 
                Warranties and Related Costs (Details)                           
68: R58         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     38K 
                Information (Details)                                            
69: R59         Segment Information and Geographic Data - Summary   HTML     41K 
                Information by Reportable Segment (Details)                      
70: R60         Segment Information and Geographic Data -           HTML     37K 
                Reconciliation of Segment Operating Income to                    
                Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations                  
                (Details)                                                        
71: R61         Leases - Additional Information (Details)           HTML     45K 
72: R62         Leases - ROU Assets and Lease Liabilities           HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R63         Leases - Lease Liability Maturities (Details)       HTML     80K 
75: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    140K 
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74: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    103K 
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