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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period $ 13,844us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue $ 14,259us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Operating activities:    
Net income 18,024us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss 13,072us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash generated by operating activities:    
Depreciation and amortization 2,575us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet 2,144us-gaap_DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet
Share-based compensation expense 888us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation 681us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Deferred income tax expense 2,197us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 1,253us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:    
Accounts receivable, net 751us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable (1,098)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsReceivable
Inventories (172)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories (358)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInInventories
Vendor non-trade receivables (3,508)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherReceivables (3,459)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherReceivables
Other current and non-current assets (1,648)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets (319)us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingAssets
Accounts payable 9,003us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable 8,191us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInAccountsPayable
Deferred revenue 945us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue 1,368us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredRevenue
Other current and non-current liabilities 4,667us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingLiabilities 1,195us-gaap_IncreaseDecreaseInOtherOperatingLiabilities
Cash generated by operating activities 33,722us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations 22,670us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Investing activities:    
Purchases of marketable securities (44,915)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecurities (48,397)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecurities
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities 2,807us-gaap_ProceedsFromMaturitiesPrepaymentsAndCallsOfAvailableForSaleSecurities 5,556us-gaap_ProceedsFromMaturitiesPrepaymentsAndCallsOfAvailableForSaleSecurities
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities 24,166us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities 30,302us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities
Payments made in connection with business acquisitions, net (23)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired (525)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
Payments for acquisition of property, plant and equipment (3,217)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment (1,985)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Payments for acquisition of intangible assets (48)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets (59)us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireIntangibleAssets
Other 65us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities 5us-gaap_PaymentsForProceedsFromOtherInvestingActivities
Cash used in investing activities (21,165)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations (15,103)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInInvestingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Financing activities:    
Proceeds from issuance of common stock 80us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 134us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock
Excess tax benefits from equity awards 264us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities 280us-gaap_ExcessTaxBenefitFromShareBasedCompensationFinancingActivities
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards (512)us-gaap_PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation (365)us-gaap_PaymentsRelatedToTaxWithholdingForShareBasedCompensation
Dividends and dividend equivalents paid (2,801)aapl_PaymentsOfDividendsAndDividendEquivalentsOnCommonStockAndRestrictedStockUnits (2,769)aapl_PaymentsOfDividendsAndDividendEquivalentsOnCommonStockAndRestrictedStockUnits
Repurchase of common stock (5,030)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock (5,029)us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt, net 3,485us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfLongTermDebt
Repayments of commercial paper, net (2,409)us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfCommercialPaper 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromRepaymentsOfCommercialPaper
Cash used in financing activities (6,923)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations (7,749)us-gaap_NetCashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesContinuingOperations
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 5,634us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease (182)us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period 19,478us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue 14,077us-gaap_CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue
Supplemental cash flow disclosure:    
Cash paid for income taxes, net 3,869us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet 3,387us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaidNet
Cash paid for interest $ 202us-gaap_InterestPaid $ 161us-gaap_InterestPaid