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Debt - Additional Information (Detail)
3 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 6 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
USD ($)
Mar. 29, 2014
USD ($)
Mar. 28, 2015
USD ($)
Mar. 29, 2014
USD ($)
Sep. 27, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 27, 2014
2015 Euro-Denominated Debt Issuance
EUR (€)
Mar. 28, 2015
2015 Debt Issuance
USD ($)
Mar. 28, 2015
2015 Swiss Franc-Denominated Debt Issuance
CHF
Dec. 27, 2014
Currency Swaps
USD ($)
Mar. 28, 2015
Interest Rate Swaps
USD ($)
Mar. 28, 2015
Maximum
Mar. 28, 2015
Level 2
USD ($)
Sep. 27, 2014
Level 2
USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                          
Commercial paper $ 3,799,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper   $ 3,799,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper   $ 6,308,000,000us-gaap_CommercialPaper                
Commercial paper, weighted-average interest rate 0.10%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate   0.10%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate   0.12%us-gaap_ShortTermDebtWeightedAverageInterestRate                
Commercial paper, maturity period                     9 months    
Debt instrument aggregate principal amount 39,875,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount   39,875,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount   29,000,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentCarryingAmount                
Debt instrument, face amount           2,800,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aapl_TwentyFifteenEuroDenominatedDebtIssuanceMember
6,500,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aapl_TwentyFifteenDebtIssuanceMember
1,300,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aapl_TwentyFifteenSwissFrancDenominatedDebtIssuanceMember
         
Notional Amount                 3,500,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CurrencySwapMember
2,500,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateSwapMember
     
Interest expense 161,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt 84,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt 289,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt 168,000,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt                  
Debt instrument fair value                       $ 40,200,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member
$ 28,500,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue
/ us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis
= us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member