Exhibit 5.1
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FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES
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September 26, 2025
Apple Inc.
One Apple Park Way
Cupertino, California 95014
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Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8
To the addressee set forth above:
We have acted as special counsel to Apple Inc., a California corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the registration statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September
26, 2025 (the “Registration Statement”) relating to shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Shares”), issuable
under the Apple Inc. 2022 Employee Stock Plan (the “2022 Plan”).
This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration
Statement or related prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.
As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of
officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the California Corporations Code, and we express no opinion with respect to any other laws.
Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Shares shall have been duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in
the name or on behalf of the purchaser, and have been issued by the Company against payment therefor in the circumstances contemplated by and pursuant to the 2022 Plan, and assuming in each case that the individual issuances, grants or awards under
the 2022 Plan are duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and duly issued, granted or awarded and exercised in accordance with the requirements of law and the 2022 Plan (and the agreements and awards duly adopted thereunder and in
accordance therewith), the issue and sale of the Shares will have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have
assumed that the Company will comply with any applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the California Corporations Code.
