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Apple refreshes iTunes receipts with a new design, ‘purchased from’ field

You may notice a new look on those digital receipts you get in your email inbox after you buy something from iTunes, iBooks, or the App Store. Apple has refreshed its invoices with a new design, friendlier subject line, and cover art images that are clearer on Retina displays. You can see the old and new designs below:Apple’s subject on receipts read out a lengthy order number such as “Your receipt No. 110110356508” before the refresh, but the company’s updated template uses a clearer and friendlier “Your receipt from Apple.” line in this field. Instead of putting the rather lengthy number in the subject area of your inbox, the updated format includes a new “Document No.” field where it includes this number.

Perhaps more importantly, the new invoice format includes a description of what device the purchase originated from, which could be handy in tracking down suspicious purchases or knowing who in the family made all of those in-app purchases. The new format also appears to support higher resolution images that are clearer on the Retina displays found on Apple’s products.

Below is the previously used invoice design:

Here is the refreshed invoice format:

 

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Comments

  1. Iven Tenz (@ivenalot) - 9 years ago

    Designed by Jony Ive during a poop session on a toilet paper.

  2. Alan Aurmont - 9 years ago

    WOW!!!!!!! Really?!!! That’s so innovative!!!!! Never seen anything like this before!!!!!!111

  3. Randall King - 9 years ago

    I don’t know why people have to be so negative. I like this changes and thank you for reporting on them.

  4. Randall King - 9 years ago

    I don’t know why people have to be so negative. I like the changes and thank you for reporting on them.

  5. sometoast - 9 years ago

    Hopefully they’ll display album purchases as albums instead of playlists or a loose collection of tracks.

    Grouping multiple purchases from the same five-minute period into a single emailed receipt instead of four would be nice too.

  6. Simon Blackburn - 9 years ago

    Ahhh finally, is the apple logo retina friendly too? The previous receipts really got to me seeing a blurry one!

  7. It’s a good update. Now I wish they would add the ability to print/display a complete year of purchases as well.

  8. Chris McCoy - 9 years ago

    much better than the old one

  9. Steve V. Kass - 9 years ago

    I love IT!!! I can see and {read?} it better, given I stop reading after college, kind of.

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Zac covers Apple news, hosts the 9to5Mac Happy Hour podcast, and created SpaceExplored.com.