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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) | 6 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Mar. 28, 2015 Store | Sep. 27, 2014 | Feb. 24, 2015 | Mar. 06, 2014 | Aug. 24, 2012
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Purchase commitments maximum period | 150 days |  |  |  |
Number of retail stores | 453 us-gaap_NumberOfStores |  |  |  |
Total future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases | $ 5,100,000,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue |  |  |  |
Outstanding off-balance sheet third party manufacturing commitments and component purchase commitments | 19,000,000,000 aapl_OffBalanceSheetInventoryPurchaseCommitment |  |  |  |
Additional off-balance sheet obligations | 4,100,000,000 us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceSheetAmount |  |  |  |
Indemnification Agreement |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Liability for infringement costs | 0 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_IndemnificationGuaranteeMember | 0 us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue / us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis = us-gaap_IndemnificationGuaranteeMember |  |  |
Major Facility Lease | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Term of leases | 10 years |  |  |  |
Retail Space Lease |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Total future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases | 3,400,000,000 us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue / us-gaap_LeaseArrangementTypeAxis = aapl_RetailSpaceLeaseMember |  |  |  |
Retail Space Lease | Maximum |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Term of leases | 20 years |  |  |  |
Retail Space Lease | Minimum |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Term of leases | 5 years |  |  |  |
Retail Space Lease | Majority |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Term of leases | 10 years |  |  |  |
Smartflash LLC |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Result of legal proceedings |  |  | 533,000,000 aapl_ResultOfLegalProceedings / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = aapl_SmartflashLLCMember |  |
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd |  |  |  |  |
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Result of legal proceedings |  |  |  |  | 1,050,000,000 aapl_ResultOfLegalProceedings / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = aapl_SamsungElectronicsCoLtdMember
Award from legal proceeding |  |  |  | $ 930,000,000 us-gaap_GainContingencyUnrecordedAmount / us-gaap_LitigationCaseAxis = aapl_SamsungElectronicsCoLtdMember |

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