Apple on Tuesday reported sales of $8.34 billion and a net profit of $1.23 billion for its fiscal third-quarter. Excluding quarters that fall during the holiday shopping season, Apple’s sales and profits for the quarter ended June 27, 2009, were the best in the company’s history.

Apple’s numbers were driven by strong sales of both the Mac and the iPhone. The company sold about 2.6 million Macs during its third quarter, falling just short of the record for Mac sales set during the fourth quarter of 2008. As for the iPhone, the June launch of the iPhone 3GS helped Apple sell 5.2 million phones for the three-month quarter.

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