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Repurchases of Common Shares in Open Market (Detail) (Open Market Repurchases, USD $) In Millions, except Share data in Thousands, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 28, 2015 | Dec. 27, 2014 | Sep. 27, 2014 | Jun. 28, 2014 | Mar. 29, 2014 | Dec. 28, 2013 | Mar. 28, 2015 | Sep. 27, 2014
Open Market Repurchases |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock Repurchase Program [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of Shares | 56,400 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | 45,704 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | 81,255 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | 58,661 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | 79,749 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | 66,847 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | 102,104 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | 286,512 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember
Average Repurchase Price Per Share | $ 124.11 aapl_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodWeightedAveragePrice / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | $ 109.40 aapl_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodWeightedAveragePrice / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | $ 98.46 aapl_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodWeightedAveragePrice / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | $ 85.23 aapl_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodWeightedAveragePrice / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | $ 75.24 aapl_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodWeightedAveragePrice / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | $ 74.79 aapl_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodWeightedAveragePrice / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember |  |
Amount | $ 7,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | $ 5,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | $ 8,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | $ 5,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | $ 6,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | $ 5,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | $ 12,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember | $ 24,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodValue / us-gaap_ShareRepurchaseProgramAxis = aapl_OpenMarketRepurchasesMember

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