I have downloaded a number of ringtones through iTunes and now I am synching my iPhone.
Is it true that ringtones purchased on a PC cannot be transfered to an iPhone via iTunes???
That seems rediculous.
Is there a way to get around this - or can you at least post a warning so others don't waste so much money???
I don't know where you're getting your information, but before you get your knickers all in a twist, if you purchased ringtones from the iTunes store, whether on a PC or Mac, they can be used. Doesn't matter on which platform you run iTunes.
From Apple Support:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1491
Tones
Ringtones and alert tones cannot be purchased from your computer, but can be purchased using your iOS device with iOS 5 or later. Tones can be purchased on iPad, iPhone (3GS or later), and iPod touch (4th generation or later).
...so knicker guy - how exactly can I get a ringtone that I downloaded from iTunes on my PC to work on my iPhone? After spending over an hour trying to do it, everything is in a twist 🙂
If you know how I can do it, please share.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2798190?start=15&tstart=0
http://https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2619888?start=0&tstart=0
I just spent another hour on discussion boards. There are many people with this same issue. There are solutions out there, but none worked for me 😟
In case they work for you, I posted the links above.
Despite that my up-tro-date copy of iTunes on my Mac has a "Tones" tab offering the choice of "Sync all" or "Sync selected" when "Sync Tones" is ticked.
Thanks Tonefox!
It took me forever to get the "Tones" option to show up in my menu along the left side of iTunes.
(Under main menu in iTunes, hit "Edit", the "Preferences" and under "General", make sure "Tones" is checked).
Now there are no songs or tones in the "Tones" folder - even though I have a number of ringtones that should be there.
I tried changing the file type to mpr, deleting and reloading....
Finally I bought an App called "Ringtone" for 99 cents. I can play any song on my iPhone, then it converts it into a ringtone. I then have to email it to myself, and open it up on my PC.
It finally appears under "Tones" in iTunes on my PC.
All becasuse I wanted to assign a silent ringtone to a telemarketer that won't leave me alone (AT&T will block numbers for a monthly fee I wasn't willing to pay).
Whew!
Ther are many free ways to create ringtones. Google will find them.
Wait a minute... all the ringtones I purchased through iTunes cannot be used on my iPhone?
