Glen8
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Q: How to convert songs to ringtones?

On iTunes I paid for Beatles songs that were labelled as ringtones.  I changed the extension to .m4r on a couple but they are too long to be used as ringtones.  How do I take a chunk of a song and convert it (shorten it) suitably to be used as a ringtone?  I am using a Mac computer.

Posted on Mar 6, 2012 5:00 PM

by Chris CA,Apple recommended
Chris CA Chris CA
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A:
  1. Find the song you want and note the start/stop time you want the ring tone.
  2. Right click - get info, click the Options tab and set the start/stop times as above.
  3. Right click - Create AAC version. This creates a new file.
  4. Drag this new file from the iTunes window to the desktop.
  5. Delete the file from iTunes and also select Delete from hard drive.
  6. On the desktop, rename the file whateveryouwant.m4r (first part you can change to whatever you want & change the extension to .m4r).
  7. Drag the file back to the iTunes library at top left.
  8. Make sure iTunes prefs > General has Tones ticked.

Posted on Mar 6, 2012 6:33 PM

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  • by iWriteNovels,

    iWriteNovels iWriteNovels Mar 9, 2015 12:37 PM in response to ari4241
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    Mar 9, 2015 12:37 PM in response to ari4241

    Did you change the start/stop time back to its original length?

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Mar 9, 2015 1:21 PM in response to ari4241
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    Mar 9, 2015 1:21 PM in response to ari4241

    ari4241 wrote:

    hi, when I followed those steps, it meseed up the original song that I curr have.

    How did it mess up the original?

  • by MoMMaLoID,

    MoMMaLoID MoMMaLoID Mar 11, 2015 9:46 PM in response to Glen8
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    Mar 11, 2015 9:46 PM in response to Glen8

    Ok So I have my 20 Second song clip saved as .m4r

    It shows up in iTunes, and it plays exactly what I want,

    I go to drag and drop onto my phone

    it appears to go thru

    now why cant I find it on my phone?

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Mar 12, 2015 6:04 AM in response to MoMMaLoID
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    Mar 12, 2015 6:04 AM in response to MoMMaLoID

    MoMMaLoID wrote:

    Ok So I have my 20 Second song clip saved as .m4r

    It shows up in iTunes, and it plays exactly what I want,

    I go to drag and drop onto my phone

    Select the iPhone in iTunes.

    CLlck the Tones tab.

    Tick the tones you want to sync.

    Sync.

    On the iPhone, Settings > Sounds > Ringtone.

    Select the ringtone you want.

  • by Martin Svika,

    Martin Svika Martin Svika Apr 10, 2015 1:15 AM in response to Chris CA
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    Apr 10, 2015 1:15 AM in response to Chris CA

    Yeah ! Super Advice Chris CA, a few minor variations on desktop but overall it worked out perfect for Royksopp Eple. Mp3

     

    Reduced it down to 37 seconds 1.7Mb now it fits on my Motorola V3. Once again thanks for the super advice. Continue the good work !

     

    Sincerely, M. Svika  

  • by TeresainMiss,

    TeresainMiss TeresainMiss Aug 3, 2015 9:16 AM in response to Glen8
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    Aug 3, 2015 9:16 AM in response to Glen8

    I may be in the wrong thread. I have the iPhone 6 and am PC Windows 8 based. I have been through the steps to create the AAC file, shorten the song and drag it to the desktop. I deleted the version in iTunes and dragged it back into my library with Tones library open, but it goes only to my music file. I don't see a way to move it. ?????

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Aug 3, 2015 11:57 AM in response to TeresainMiss
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    Aug 3, 2015 11:57 AM in response to TeresainMiss

    Did you rename the file to something.m4r?

  • by TeresainMiss,

    TeresainMiss TeresainMiss Aug 3, 2015 12:07 PM in response to Chris CA
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    Aug 3, 2015 12:07 PM in response to Chris CA

    It is an m4a. How do I convert it to an m4r?

  • by TeresainMiss,

    TeresainMiss TeresainMiss Aug 3, 2015 1:33 PM in response to Chris CA
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    Aug 3, 2015 1:33 PM in response to Chris CA

    I just renamed it and it worked!  Thanks so much.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Aug 3, 2015 3:40 PM in response to TeresainMiss
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    Aug 3, 2015 3:40 PM in response to TeresainMiss

    TeresainMiss wrote:

     

    I just renamed it and it worked!  Thanks so much.

    Before you add the file back to iTunes, change the filename to something.m4r.

    See the first response on page 1 of this thread. (just responding so others with similar issue may see how to do it)

  • by legendly77,

    legendly77 legendly77 Sep 8, 2015 10:10 AM in response to ari4241
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    Sep 8, 2015 10:10 AM in response to ari4241

    i have copied my ringtone to the desktop and deleted from itunes,i also moved it from desktop back to the itunes library but its still not showing on tones,i even rename it from m4a to m4r..what do i do please?

  • by JupiterFox,

    JupiterFox JupiterFox Apr 5, 2016 6:00 PM in response to Chris CA
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    Apr 5, 2016 6:00 PM in response to Chris CA

    Hi Chris, I tried following the steps you gave to make myself a ringtone in the newest version of iTunes, but iTunes won't let me convert the song I want to as ANY type of file out of iTunes. When I try to do this, I get a message that says "This song could not be converted because protected files cannot be converted to other formats."

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    Do you have any suggestions as to what I can do to solve this problem? Thanks!

  • by ThinkerBot,

    ThinkerBot ThinkerBot Aug 19, 2016 7:00 AM in response to Chris CA
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    Aug 19, 2016 7:00 AM in response to Chris CA

    how can be in itunes 12.4?

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