Can't move ringtones to "Tones" folder in itunes

All of these suggestions no longer work... Maybe something was changed? I have a ringtone file, its 20 seconds and it's in my Library. But I can't drag it to my iPhone.

Look, it's NOT showing that I can add it:

I don't want to use the Sync feature either, cuz it'll erase everything on my phone.

I found out why it wasn't working for me. Didn't know iTunes only allows 1 computer to sync with my iPhone. Makes sense. It worked when I did it at my home PC.

Re: Can't move ringtones to "Tones" folder in itunes

Hi Cote14er

Your response was the shortest and best in my view.

I converted an mp3 downloaded Notification tone to aac renamed m4a to .m4r made sure to delete any existing mp3/m4a entries in iTunes Music.

I then dragged the .m4r copy from my MacBook desktop and dropped it into iTunes Tones. Connected my iPad and synced the new converted .m4r inTones which now shows in my iPad 4 Sounds folder.

Bizarre things like this are what makes Apple so despicable. You have to sort through dozens of files on the internet, most of which are written by folks who don't have a clue what to do, saying "I have the same problem" before you find anything of use, and then the solution is totally non-intuitive. Thanks for the hint, which pretty much flies in the face of everything that Apple suggests.

Now. I have shared so many things from GarageBand to iTunes it's not even funny, but as of maybe two months ago, I can no longer share songs or ringtones to iTunes or any of the other options with the exception of AirDrop (which honestly seems useless). GarageBand constantly refers me to convert my project to an iLife Preview, but as I search for a way to export as such, I cannot find the way. When I asked Apple Help, they pointed me to Media Browser (or something close to that), Media Browser appears to be the new iLife Preview which puts me back to square one, "I can no longer share songs or ringtones to iTunes or any of the other options." Help would be appreciated, and to avoid this in the future. Please refer this to someone who works at Apple so I no longer bang my head against my desk.

ALL OF THOSE ONLY WORK IF YOU HAVE A MAC! I need to be able to do this with a Dell PC.

I tried many ways talked about on this discussion. This one finally worked. The key is to make sure the mp3 and the m4a files are not in itunes or the m4r file will not load into tones.

this worked for me but there is one important thing to remember: TEXT tones MUST be SHORTER than 30 seconds. only RINGTONES can be longer. i think they can be up to 40 seconds. but TEXT tones must be UNDER 30 seconds. not 30, 29 seconds or less. once i changed the length, BAM there it was in my sound choices for text and rings.

Totally worked!! Thank you!

On Windows 10 machine, highlight the song in iTunes and choose to view using Windows Explorer. That brings up the list of songs that were imported into iTunes including the new one you made as a ringtone.

Find the ringtone file and right click to view properties.

Make sure the extension is m4r and the file type is ringtone. If not, then modify the extension.

Make sure the app associated to open the file is iTunes in properties

Double click on the ringtone in Windows Explorer to open the file

Now it shows up in ringtones.

Thank you - this worked for me. Something so simple!

Let me open the new year by saying that I have 2 (two Carl!) AAC in .m4r files and dragging/dropping them into itunes 12.3.2 ain't working.

there are 6 pages of pain and suffering and it's still going: we are not at the android quality in 10.11 and ios 9 yet but are getting awfully close to it

(and yes, I did it before once, and yes, it used to work before the newest itunes and osx)

I've tried everything in this forum and none worked, I give up I'll spend 79p and buy the ringtone!

I know how you feel. But don't give up. Not for the sake of 79p, but for the intellectual 'win' of knowing that you've spent maybe 16+hrs trying to solve this maddening problem.. OK, maybe you should just pay the 79p 🙂

Guys! I think I have the answer. I have no idea how, but this worked. Please try too and feedback...

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/226292/can-i-make-a-song-in-my-itunes-l ibrary-into-a-ringtone