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Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 27, 2014
Jun. 28, 2014
Mar. 29, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Sep. 28, 2013
Jun. 29, 2013
Mar. 30, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Sep. 29, 2012
Sep. 27, 2014
Sep. 28, 2013
Sep. 29, 2012
Apr. 30, 2014
Apr. 30, 2013
Stockholders Equity Note Disclosure [Line Items]                            
Common stock, par value $ 0.00001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare   $ 0.00001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare   $ 0.00000us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare         $ 0.00001us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.00000us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare      
Dividends paid $ 2,807,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends $ 2,830,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends $ 2,655,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends $ 2,739,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends $ 2,763,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends $ 2,789,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends $ 2,490,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends $ 2,486,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends $ 2,500,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends $ 11,031,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends $ 10,528,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividends      
Quarterly dividends per share declared $ 0.47us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.47us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.44us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.44us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.44us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.44us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.38us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.38us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.38us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 1.82us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 1.64us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.38us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared    
Maximum amount authorized for repurchase of common stock                 10,000,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1     10,000,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 90,000,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1 60,000,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
Share repurchase program, utilized amount $ 67,900,000,000aapl_AmountUtilizedUnderShareRepurchaseProgram                 $ 67,900,000,000aapl_AmountUtilizedUnderShareRepurchaseProgram