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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-23-004439
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20230203
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230203

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Apple Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000320193
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS [3571]
		IRS NUMBER:				942404110
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36743
		FILM NUMBER:		23586467

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE APPLE PARK WAY
		CITY:			CUPERTINO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95014
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(408) 996-1010

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE APPLE PARK WAY
		CITY:			CUPERTINO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95014

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	APPLE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070109

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	APPLE COMPUTER INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970808
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      <div style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">UNITED STATES</div>
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      <div style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">SCHEDULE 14A</div>
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      <div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a)</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;">OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center;">SUPPLEMENT</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">TO THE</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT DATED JANUARY 12, 2023 FOR THE</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON</div>
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        <div style="text-align: right;">February 3, 2023<br>
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        <div>Alex Gorsky, a member of the board of directors of Apple Inc. (&#8220;Apple&#8221;) and a nominee for re-election to Apple&#8217;s board of directors at Apple&#8217;s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, has stepped down as director and Executive Chairman of Johnson
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        <div>Except as specifically supplemented or amended by the information contained in this supplement to the definitive proxy statement filed on January 12, 2023 (the &#8220;Proxy Statement&#8221;), this supplement does not modify, amend, supplement or otherwise
          affect any matter presented for consideration in the Proxy Statement. This supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement and Apple&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 24, 2022, as each contains
          information that is important to your decisions in voting at Apple&#8217;s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Additional information is contained in the Proxy Statement that was previously made available to Apple shareholders. If you have already
          voted, you do not need to vote again unless you would like to change or revoke your prior vote on any proposal. If you would like to change or revoke your prior vote on any proposal, please refer to page 106 of the Proxy Statement for
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