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Percentage Of Income Tax Examination Minimum Likelihood of Tax Benefits Being Realized Upon Settlement

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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Useful life of finite-lived intangible assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of loss from the write-down of an asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Represents the value established as the selling price of the significant unit of accounting used to allocate the consideration of the multiple-deliverable arrangement.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of stock split, for example but not limited to, one share converted to two or two shares converted to one.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 06, 2014	Sep. 27, 2014 Item	Sep. 28, 2013	Sep. 29, 2012
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Stock split ratio	7
Deliverable in arrangements		3aapl_DeliverablesInArrangement
Advertising expense		$ 1,200,000,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	$ 1,100,000,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	$ 1,000,000,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Measurement of tax position, minimum likelihood of tax benefits being realized upon ultimate settlement, percentage		50.00%
Depreciation and amortization expense		6,900,000,000us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization	5,800,000,000us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization	2,600,000,000us-gaap_DepreciationAndAmortization
Goodwill impairment charges		0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
Indefinite lived intangible asset impairment charges		0	0	0
Minimum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated selling price for software upgrade right and non-software services for qualifying hardware devices (USD/unit sold)		5	5	5
Estimated life of hardware device		2 years	2 years	2 years
Amortized acquired intangible assets with definite useful lives period (in years)		3 years
Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated selling price for software upgrade right and non-software services for qualifying hardware devices (USD/unit sold)		40	40	40
Estimated life of hardware device		4 years	4 years	4 years
Amortized acquired intangible assets with definite useful lives period (in years)		7 years
Building \| Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of assets (Years)		30 years
Machinery and Equipment \| Minimum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of assets (Years)		2 years
Machinery and Equipment \| Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of assets (Years)		5 years
Leasehold Improvements \| Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of assets (Years)		10 years
Internal-Use Software \| Minimum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of assets (Years)		3 years
Internal-Use Software \| Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives of assets (Years)		5 years
Mac
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated selling price for software upgrade right and non-software services for qualifying hardware devices (USD/unit sold)		40
iPhone and iPad \| Minimum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated selling price for software upgrade right and non-software services for qualifying hardware devices (USD/unit sold)		15
iPhone and iPad \| Maximum
Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated selling price for software upgrade right and non-software services for qualifying hardware devices (USD/unit sold)		$ 25