How to Make iPhone Ringtone By iTunes

iTunes (PC/Mac)

• add a song to iTunes
• choose a 30s part of it
• create AAC
• rename the song

In case you are not in delight of transferring files hither and thither, you may create a ringtone on a PC or Mac with the help of various programs. One of them, I bet, you have already had on your computer. Run iTunes and choose a song for the ringtone. Right click on it and choose “Get info” from the drop down menu. Go to “Options” and set start and stop time of the future ringtone, but no longer than 30 seconds.

Click OK after you finished. Right click on the song again and choose “Create ACC version”.

The 30-second-song will appear in iTunes. Now you need to rename the extension from m4a to m4r. Right click on the short song and choose “Show in Windows Explorer” or “Show in Finder” if you are using Mac.

Rename the file in the folder. In case you don’t see the file extension, go to “Tools” – “Folder options” – “View Tab” and uncheck “Hide extension for known file types”. Now you can easily rename the song. Delete the short version from iTunes (but keep the file on PC/Mac!) and add the renamed one to iTunes Tone library.

Transfer the file to your iPhone and set as a ringtone.

Advice: If you don’t have a song you like in iTunes or on your PC, you may use free Freemake YouTube MP3 Converter to download it from YouTube in high quality.

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