Garageband 10.3.0 and Ringtones

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Garageband 10.3.0 and Ringtones

I'm not finding the "Send to iTunes as Ringtone" option (normally found under the Share tab)... Has this been removed in this version of GarageBand??

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Bob

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), Mac Plus, MacBook Pro

Posted on Jun 22, 2018 1:23 PM

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léonie

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Jun 22, 2018 3:27 PM in response to Bob Gold

GarageBand has no longer a template for a ringtone either.

But since the most recent iTunes update did the Share entry "Ringtone to iTunes" no longer work anyway, not even in GarageBand 10.2. There is no longer a Ringtones album in iTunes.

I am currently saving my Ringtones as a .m4a file on the Desktop, then I rename the filename extension to .m4r and follow turingtest2's user tip to save the ringtone on my iPhone:

Create and manage ringtones in iTunes | Communities

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Jun 30, 2018 5:07 PM in response to léonie

léonie's post was very helpful in solving my problem, but I wanted to add a detail that hung me up.

When exporting the file from GarageBand to your Desktop (menu bar > Share > Export Song to Disk), make sure to select the default AAC option, and then rename the file's extension from .m4a to .m4r. If you export as an MP3 file and then rename that file's extension to .m4r, iTunes fails to recognize the renamed file as a Ringtone for some reason.

Reference: GarageBand for Mac: Export songs to disk

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