Ringtone with iTunes 12.9.0.167

It *only works if you have "manually manage music and videos selected" under the "Summary settings" of the device.

Given this, FlyinGIJoe's tutorial is incomplete.

Also, if you haven't already set the above Summary setting, all tones previously on the device will be wiped.

See Create and manage ringtones in iTunes - Apple Community.

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Doesn't work with iTunes 12.9.2.5.

Previously created ringtones (.m4r) are still on my iPhone and can (still) be used as ringtones; but there is no way to create or transfer new custom ringtones to the device.

In regards to your "Create and manage ringtones in iTunes", I experienced a slight difference when using iTunes 12.9 and attempting to add .m4r files to device. Copying files from finder, I was unable to directly paste into "Tones" folder on device, nor was I able to add these files to my iTunes library utilizing File >> Add to Library. In order to move the files onto device, iPhone XS running iOS 12.0.1, I had to paste to "Music" folder on device, which caused an automatic move of files to the "Tones" folder. Once completed, my .m4r files were immediately available. Hope this brings some clarification to potential confusions others may experience!

Thanks FlyinGIJoe! It really worked! I thought I would not be able to use my custom ringtones again and I surely didn't want to pay for another one from the iTunes Store.

Well, if that were possible, I wouldn't have posted the first time saying this didn't work. Thanks though.

BOOM - that's exactly what I needed. Thank you.

Well either things stay as they are, or you bite the bullet and try to fix them. Do you have copies of those tones stored on your computer? Are they ones you made yourself or purchased from the iTunes Store?

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I just spent 40 minutes with tech support. He thinks the new iTunes no longer allows you to do this. We tried using an older music library from time machine - no help. Tried to copy and paste into the tones folder - nothing.

He thinks you may be able to move music into Garage band and create the tones there. The older directions found online no longer work where you change the music format and pick the music duration.

I hope this helps

I have just found the solution.

1) You need to connect your iPhone to iTunes.

2) Search with-in iTunes for iPhone content and click on Tones the way, that on right side window will be listing all the Tones saved on your device. Of course, this time it will be empty.

3) No open Finder in separate window.

4) Go to Home User/Music/iTunes/Tones

5) Mark all m4r files, you want to transfer or Command+A to mark all files in this folder

6) Now drag them and move them dragged into the iTunes, but don't release ... you need to move them to the part of the screen, where they should be all listed.

7) When you are with the cursor and all files on this part of the window, release them ...

8) Now they are being copied into your iPhone.

You won't have them in iTunes, but they will be in your iPhone.

Was trying to figure it out for 2 days, but finally solved and works for me.

See Create and manage ringtones in iTunes.

tt2

I've just made and added a new custom ringtone to my iPhone 6+ running iOS 12.1 with iTunes 12.9 on Mojave using the steps I've given in Create and manage ringtones in iTunes.

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Work carefully through the relevant section ofCreate and manage ringtones in iTunes for the task you are trying to perform. Where exactly do you get stuck?

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You should be able to manually drag & drop new valid .m4r files to your iOS device from Explorer or Finder regardless of whether it is set for manual management or automatic syncing. As noted in the user tip I have seen instances where existing tones needed to be removed form a device before they could be added back along with any new ones. I assume this is down to some inconsistency with the way in which existing tones on the device were handled following the release of iTunes 12.7.

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I have followed every step and still am unable to get the ringtone file from my mac to my iph