Ringtones and Catalina

I've tried this several times but it simply won't work. By general tab I guess you mean the one beside music, movies, tv shows,etc. If not I'm kinda lost here. Never had problems like this before. When you say they appear on your device you mean in settings and sounds on your iPhone I presume.

Thanks.I need some help here.

Connect your phone to the Mac (assuming your using a Mac) and go to the tab in finder for syncing your phone.

Then drag the .m4r ringtone to the tab which shows your syncing information for your phone.

It will transfer the ringtone straight away.

That how it’s worked for me.

Very helpful reply! I spent a all morning trying to figure out how to delete the * ringtones and, after all it was a matter of sliding left and delete. In previous OS´s it was a nightmare to erase ringtones once you had downloaded them on your iphone. After all is really easy on iOS 13. Thank you very much.

This was all very helpful.

Just in case readers are wondering where their Tones are located in Catalina, here's how I found my file:

Music > Preferences > Files > you'll see your music media folder location displayed.

Navigate to that folder and you'll (by default) see your "Tones" folder among the album folders.

I dragged the folder onto the General tab in Finder and - while it doesn't give you any indication of success - the tones showed up immediately in Settings > Sounds > Ringtones.

Dragging and dropping ringtones into the General tab within Finder is not working for me. The odd thing is, I have all my customer ringtones on my iPhone XS Max. However, when I try to add them to my daughter's iPhone 11, they are not there.

I'm on 10.15.3 and this is how it worked for me:

You can't use Apple Music or DRM protected. Select any other track that you've added to the Music app.

Right click on it>>get information>>options. Set start and stop times. No more than 30 seconds. Check OK.

Go to the Music drop down>>preferences>>Files>>import settings. Choose AAC encoder high quality.

Go to File>>Convert>>Create AAC version. This will create a new version of the song in the music app. (30 seconds)

Go to the original track (get information>>options) and uncheck the start and stop boxes to reset it back the way it was.

Right click on the new copy you created and click "show in Finder". A finder window will open.

Delete the new copy you created in the music app but don't send it to the trash yet.

In Finder change the file extension from .m4a to m4r.

Connect your phone to the Mac and open the General tab in Finder. You may want to right click on the finder icon and select "New Finder Window" so that you have two finder windows open.

Now you should be able to drag that m4r file from one finder window into the general tab in the other finder window that shows your iPhone.

Now it should show up in your ring tones.

This is such a pain in the butt. Apple really makes this difficult!

Are you using apc our Mac to sync? Also I find problems with transferring tones when using wifi connection.

I connect to my Mac with the lighting cable, convert mp3 fillers with a ringtone app (in the Mac), and then drag the files to the finder page of my iPhone wait a few seconds and drop them in. And as if by magic💫 my ringtone is on my phone.

❗️ One question is:

How do I have a ringtone as an alarm tone played quiet? Even if I create a quiet tone (using Audacity) it plays a full volume. I don’t want to change the volume on the phone every time I use an alarm. I use the bed time alarm for certain things but i want to Have other alarms.

On 10.15.3, I managed to transfer .m4r files to my iPhone by using the Music app (not Finder). Upon opening the Music app, on the left hand side should be your iPhone under the 'Devices' heading (when plugged in using a cable). Click on your device, then find the .m4r file from another Finder window, drag it into the Music app. The ringtone should then appear on your iPhone in 'Sound & Haptics'.

Hope this helps.

The drag and drop transfer of ringtone worked to add to my iPhone but why does the ringtone NOT show up in my contacts on my iMac correctly? On my iMac (both systems running current OS/IOS) the ringtone is set to a default tone form the system files.

Everything is pointing towards assimilation by Apple.....

got it guys. you just need to drag and drop your file into a “general” tab when connected with your iphone. The tone will then suddenly appear on your device as available for selection...

It's a joke. Is Apple trying to dissuade us from using custom ringtones?

Apple is trying to persuade you to BUY your ringtones from THEIR music store.

Ok. How do you remove any ringtones you don't want on your phone?

just delete/remove them on your phone

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I didn’t consider that I could delete ringtones directly from my iPhone. Thank you for the response and thought.