After iTunes 12.7 how can I add custom ringtones?

I did all of that, but the after renaming the song to an m4r, I cannot drag it into the tones file at all.

The song is less than 30 sec.

This is frustrating, and that after I updated to the latest Itunes and ios software.

Even all of my old ringtones are gone.

I can see them in the tones file, but it simply won't sync

I’m running Windows on an HP. Having the same issues. I’ve amassed 600 home made ringtones and with the newest iTunes update, can’t get them to sync. They are m4r files and have worked previously

I’ve tried dragging and dropping (shows a link option when hovering over tones folder but nothing happens when released)

I’ve tried cutting and pasting, to which it appears to upload the files but then shows them grayed out as in the pic, clicking sync after syncs my phone and it looks like it’s going to but then cancels and doesn’t do anything

I’ve tried copying into and back out of Garageband and nothing

I don’t know how to or how to not run as administrator nor do I know where to find the bttray exe thing.

I just want my ringtones back.

Please help.

Appreciate the fast response and help Tt2

It weirdly worked but only partially?

A small handful of my tones actually synced but the rest continue to stay grayed out even though they’re all the exact same file types and sizes

Thoughts?

Are you sure that Nero is correctly saving as an AAC file and then applying the .m4r extension to the file name? If might be safer to explicitly save as AAC format and then tweak the filename in Finder/Explorer afterwards.

tt2

Unfortunately my file browser doesn’t show the file extensions like that. I’m guessing it’s the version of Windows I’m using? I’ve tried several different view settings but it shows the file names but not .m4a etc after

Weirder and weirder.

Tried that method and it will now sync a newly made ringtone but only 1 part. I usually cut serveral different pieces of a song

So I’ll have

Bruno Mars - that’s what I like 1

Bruno Mars - that’s what I like 2

Bruno Mars - that’s what I like 3

But it will only let me put on one cut. It doesn’t seem to like me renaming each file beyond the .m4r for some reason

Head scratch

matty256 wrote:

It doesn’t seem to like me renaming each file beyond the .m4r for some reason

The file extension should be the final part of the file name.

• Tone 1.m4r
• Tone 2.m4r

etc. should be fine.

• Tone.m4r 1
• Tone.m4r 2

not so much, or is that not what you meant? 😕

There might also be an issue if each of the cuts has the same metadata. While you have the tracks in .m4a format connected to the iTunes library you should probably give them unique names.

tt2

Oh sorry, yes I meant

Tone 1.m4r

Tone 2.m4r

Etc

If I try having several cuts like that and syncing them, none of them will sync and will grey out as before

But if I do a single cut and move it by itself, it will sync.

I’m guessing you’re right on the metadata. I’ll trying naming them uniquel

Welp. I’ve tried renaming them completely different spectrums of names but only 1 cut will sync. Sometimes it’s the first, sometimes the second.

UPDATE: cancel that! It appears to have finally worked. I was trying unique names in the window browser but reread and retried your instruction of uniquely naming it while the m4a is in iTunes and I got TWO CUTS to sync.

Now to try more.

I tried all solutions listed on the page, to no avail. Why did Apple take away the ability to add custom ringtones, aside from restricting ringtone additions to purchased tones? That is not cool. What if the ringtone I want is not available in the iTunes Store? Monopolies are no good. I’ve been a loyal iPhone user for nearly a decade, but this change may influence my next phone purchase, probably an Android phone.

yes they did. i have tried every variation of every technique described here and NOTHING works, at least on my phone. the iphone tech himself said that i cannot create ringtones anymore because they want you to buy their ringtone. apple's greed knows no end, so instead of buying their ringtones or music or video i have instead stopped buying anymore anything from apple and they can go to ****.

You need step #2 if you want to be able to delete custom ringtones.

"Daft" - Agreed!

Apple lately without Steve Jobs is pulling stunts like this which impact usability. They don't seem to fully research the impact on usability when they change features.

Did you check “Manually manage videos” in Options under Summary?

I’m subscribed to Apple Music so that might be the dif