Ringtone will not sync

I'm having the exact same problem - went thru all the same steps- re-authorized, rebooted, re-synced - tried selecting all ring tones and tried selecting one by one - Nothing!

Nathan C., one of the Apple Moderators, has provided these sites for questions similar to yours. There is some great information that may answer many of your questions.

For information:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/ringtones/

iPhone Ringtones FAQ:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306374

How to create and buy a ringtone:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306373

mikeab 🙂

i have bought the song and made the ringtone i want but once i have made the ringtone there is no buy button and it is not showing up in the ringtones tab on the side. if you could help me i would appreciate it

I have purchased songs and created ringtones. They are in my ringtone list but they will not sync with my iphone. I did not find any answer to my problem with in your sugestions. Will you direct me to a the exact answer? please e-mail me with the reply. very frustrated....

How did you AUTHORIZE the use of a ringtone??? I bought a song and then created a ringtone -- now when i sync with my iphone it tells me that my computer is not authorized to use it??? what does that mean?

It means you need to authorize it again...just repeat the authorization and all should work well

Click the store tab on itunes and you should see authorize computer ....click it

Good Luck

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I have the same problem right now. It also happened to me trying to burn an idvd. With the idvd, all I had to do is restart itunes and idvd,.
With this new ringtone authorization problem I am trying to make the ringtone shorter than 30 seconds, I read somewhere this might solve the problem, and I also read that you have to manually check the ringtones folder through the finder and make sure the ringtones are there. I will try this tonight.

I will try this tonight:

Figured out the problem. To anyone else that has this problem, you have to go into your ringtone area of the Library and double click the song and authorize it.
iTunes does not automatically authorize it to your account, even though you purchased it through iTunes in the first place.