How to use iTunes to Create a Ringtone for Your iPhone

Did all of these steps and it’s not automatically showing as a ringtone once I’ve changed the extension. any more tips?

I’ve followed the instructions above but iTunes won’t let me move the file to the ‘Ringtones’ folder, therefore my iPhone can’t see that there is a new ringtone to sync to. Is there a way to move files into the Ringtone folder now that they meet the ringtone requirements (30 sec < + m4r)?

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this doesn’t work!!

Hmm, I can convert it to a ringtone but it doesn’t show up in my list of ringtones in iTunes. Did I miss something?

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This did not work for me. It is the last step where it did not work. I selected the ringtone file and nothing happened. I tried it several times with different songs. I am using an iMac.

Andy

well you see I did all that but for some reason it won’t let me cut the songs down to 30 sec. Im running leopard on a g4 and everytime I tryto cut it down it just beeps and that’s it.

i got this to work, u need to move the new file somewhere else eg diskaid, change the name to .m4r in there then put it on your desktop and then import it from itunes

i did this - even the suggestions at the bottom and it tells me that it can’t be imported because it doesnt seem like a valid exported flie

This works! However, in Windows XP, you MUST unhide your file extensions or you cannot complete the change.

To do this, perform the following steps

In Windows 2000 (and more recent):
- select Start | Settings | Control Panels | Folder Options
- select the View tab
- check “show hidden files and folders”
- UNcheck “hide file extensions for known file types”
- Click OK to finish
(steps taken from http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/security/trojanext.html)

Once you do that, locate the file as the original instructions mentioned and replace .m4p with .m4r then drag the file to iTunes and drop it - it will appear in the Ringtones section automatically.

Kudos to the author of this article - you will save me hard-earned cash for music I already have rights to!

I had to use the File -> Import from iTunes after I created the .m4r file. ( I also moved the .m4r file to a temp location before importing. ) Then I consolidated my iTunes Library and it worked like a champ. Deleting the Temp folder afterwards to keep it clean!

Win XP, iPhone 2.0.2.

Even I did get it all the way up to my Itune Library but my iphone is just not seeing it. I can’t Sync it on to my phone!! can anyone help?

Even I did get it all the way up to my Itune Library but my iphone is just not seeing it. I can’t Sync it on to my phone!! can anyone help? I have Iphone 3G,16G

ok for you guys that got to the last step. you got the ringtone on your itune but you can’t sync it!!! you can’t see it on the sync!!

I found out why!!!

You will need to make sure your song is not longer than 40 Sec!!!!!!!!!!
if it’s over 40 sec it will not appear on your iphone!! goes for old and new iphone!!

Ok I hope this help

ok this is really cool i diid all that u mentioend it works but it does not sync with my iphone 1.1.4… please advise… :(

maybe i’m just retarded becuz i’ve tried this several times and no matter what i do i cant get the ringtones to show up in the ringtone folder of itunes.

Works for me. I did 30 seconds for my ringtone size. Also think that you may need to simplify the name sometimes. I did 1 word, no caps, no symbols and it came out fine.

I believe apple blocked this from working with iTunes 7.4.1.

worked for me, simply right click on the file and click show in explorer, then drag the file to your ringtones…. done

I followed all the steps but can’t figure out how to covert the file from .m4a to .m4r. Where is this done?

Michael

It works great..

I converted the file to AAC (its length was 14 second I didn’t try longer files) and changed the extension the dragged it to the itunes and it fell in ringtones synced to the iphone and Im enjoying it now..

thanks..

Like many, I made the ringtone without trouble, 30 seconds, titled “New World Man” and it even appeared to sync succesfully but wouldn’t show in the iPhone when trying to set. I went back to iTunes, renamed the ringtone “RushNWM” and then did another sync. 10 seconds later I was listening to it on the phone perfectly. It shows up at the top of the Ringtone list in a Custom section above the Standard section.

so is it correct that this does not work with anything above 7.4.5 as I am completing all steps on this version without results, I would appreciate it if somebody could let me know the version they are having success with.

thanks, James.

i dont see an extention

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i cant see any links? why have they been removed?

Works great! If you’re handy with dos, just rename the .m4a to .m4r from dos since extensions are not hidden there.

James I am using 8.0 with no issue. Rename the extension correctly and I promise all you will need to do is drag the .m4r into ringtones. I just took a 30 second clip of Beck’s Cellphone’s Dead. Very easy…too many hoops for a ringtone IMO…but easy hoops.

Used iTunes 8 and it works.

For those having problems, check to see if iTunes if is automatically adding the song to the library after you create it. If it is, remove the song from the library but make sure to keep the file. Then rename the song file and add it back to iTunes. Works every time.

I have the first generation iPhone, I converted it the file and got it to show in my iTunes under Ringtones, but it does not show up in my iPhone, any ideas?

I have the first generation iPhone, I converted it the file and got it to show in my iTunes under Ringtones, but it does not show up in my iPhone, any ideas?

OK! i got it to show up in my iPhone! I changed the lenght to 15 seconds! and it works, but one thing that I did notice, that when you call the phone it takes a couple of rings for it to come up and get the call….anyone having the same issue?

OK! i got it to show up in my iPhone! I changed the lenght to 15 seconds! and it works, but one thing that I did notice, that when you call the phone it takes a couple of rings for it to come up and get the call….anyone having the same issue? bah!

I have iTune v8.0, iPhone v2.1, Mac OS 10.4.11
Here are what I did

-Choose a song that you want
-Click control+I to get the info of that song
-Click Options, put the time you want to start and stop the song, it can’t be longer than 30 second. Then click OK
-Play the song to see if it starts and stops where you want. If not make some adjustment
-Click Advanced, and Create AAC Version
-Open Finder, go to iTune Library, search for the song you have cut short.
-Change its file extension from .m4a to .m4r, click Use .m4r on a pop up window
-Drag it to Desktop, delete one in your iTune Library
-Import the one from Desktop
-Tadaaaaa…. now it will show up in your ringtone folder in iTune. And is ready to Sync to your iPhone

Hope this helps

Or an even easier way:

Just go to http://audiko.net/ you can either download ready made iphone ring tones for free, or upload an mp3 cut if where you want and it will convert it for you. Just add to itunes and it will appear in the ringtones section.

I changed file ext, etc, then it goes into itunes, syncs to iphone 3g, shows up in ringtone list, i can selct it, but when the phone rings it plays ‘Marimba’- any ideas why or how to change it?

If the itune name for the ringtone is too long, it will not appear on the iphone. “I heard it through the grapevine” did not work until I renamed the listing to “Grapevine” inside itunes. While “iphone ad ring” worked just fine unmodified. So at least 13 chars is ok. Many folks have listed an appearance on the iphone problem. Hope this helps.

This worked fine, you people that it didn’t work for probably made wrong steps, re-read it and give it another go.

Hi, took a while, but I was successful with one tune. Tried to do it with another purchased tune but says it is a protected file. Is it possible to check which AAC file type (protected or not) before its bought? Tried the Getinfo choice in iStore but it doesn’t say.

… should have added in Explorer file extension is .m4p

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Its definitely something to do with the naming of the file…. I shortened “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” to HBFS within iTunes and then synced and it showed up right away

Ahhh Duhhh People!!!! You have to double click the .m3r file… once you do that it will load into the ringtone folder in iTunes!!!!

This is totally fun! As others have done, I also had to shorten my filename. Didn’t play with it - just went straight to a single-word title and it worked great. Thanks so much!

goes smooth on my macbook and iphone 3G, guys..
thanks for the instructions ü
ringtone: Billy Cobham - Stratus / 3:10,8 and 30 secs from there..

YAY this worked awesome for me…Thank You so much for all your help

yes the last step DO NOT work..It doesnt automatically go into ringtone…SO u will hav to move it to an outside itune file ie, music folder in my document or sumthing like that. then u will see it in ‘.m4a’ file (ie. bring me to life.m4a), now u have to rename it to “.m4r”(ie. bring me to life.m4r). THEN drag that ringtone that u have converted to “.m4r” to ‘ringtone’ in itune again. PS: you should delete the old file in itune before u re-import the new fil into it (the new one is “.m4r”)

DONE!!!

hope u understand me :-)

i’m on a mac and was they weren’t importing into ringtones until i discovered I was not deleting them from itunes first.

here’s what worked for me, with the step i was missing highlighted

-Choose a song that you want
-Click control+I to get the info of that song
-Click Options, put the time you want to start and stop the song, it can’t be longer than 30 second. Then click OK
-Play the song to see if it starts and stops where you want. If not make some adjustment
-Click Advanced, and Create AAC Version
-Open Finder, go to iTune Library, search for the song you have cut short.
-Change its file extension from .m4a to .m4r, click Use .m4r on a pop up window
-Drag it to Desktop,

**DELETE THE ONE IN YOUR ITUNES LIBRARY**

-Import the one from Desktop
-Tadaaaaa…. now it will show up in your ringtone folder in iTune. And is ready to Sync to your iPhone