[r2sail]

r2sail, on 12 May 2010 - 09:58 AM, said:

DarrenBirkettFdSc, on 14 April 2010 - 12:21 PM, said:

pipesmoke, on 01 April 2010 - 10:52 PM, said:

surfingscotty1, on 23 January 2010 - 01:32 PM, said:

PCWorld, on 31 December 2008 - 12:54 PM, said:

Post your comments for Turn Any MP3 into an iPhone Ringtone here

HELP!

So I followed the instructions, and I can see my newly created ringtone in my itunes library, but it will not sync to my iphone. What am I doing wrong?

Help for me too! Ive got the same issue. Dave

I know this Thread is old but I thought I would comment and give you guys some feedback...

1) Yes this works for the Mac too ... however there is no option to "convert to AAC" when you right click the song for the second time....the option is in the toolbar at the top under "advanced".

2) I had a problem with getting it to sync to my iPhone too...what I realised the problem was I didn't have sync ringtones selected. click the iPhone from the left bar on iTunes and there should be tabs at the top e.g. Summary / Info /Apps / Ringtones etc. Click the Ringtone tab and check the Sync Ringtones box.

I did this all today and it still works even on the 3gs iPhone.

Hope that helps

the latest version of itunes for mac doesn't have the convert to AAC option only convert to mp3 is available, i think they removed the convert to AAC because they found out about this ringtone workaround. If anyone knows how to get the convert to AAC back I would Like to know.

thanks r2sail

[kbabij]

I followed all of the instructions here... and iTunes even suggests my new ringtone exists when I click the "Ringtones" tab, click the "Synch Ringtones" box, and synch the phone.

Yet? The new ringtone doesn't show up in my iPhone anywhere. Can anyone help me on this??!

[smax013]

r2sail, on 12 May 2010 - 10:05 AM, said:

the latest version of itunes for mac doesn't have the convert to AAC option only convert to mp3 is available, i think they removed the convert to AAC because they found out about this ringtone workaround. If anyone knows how to get the convert to AAC back I would Like to know.

thanks r2sail

The current version of iTunes can still create an AAC version from a MP3 file. You first need to have AAC selected as your default "ripping" format in the Preferences. Then select the non-AAC formatted song(s) that you want to create an AAC version from and then use the Advanced menu and select "Create AAC version...".

[r2sail]

smax013, on 19 May 2010 - 09:51 AM, said:

r2sail, on 12 May 2010 - 10:05 AM, said:

the latest version of itunes for mac doesn't have the convert to AAC option only convert to mp3 is available, i think they removed the convert to AAC because they found out about this ringtone workaround. If anyone knows how to get the convert to AAC back I would Like to know.

thanks r2sail

The current version of iTunes can still create an AAC version from a MP3 file. You first need to have AAC selected as your default "ripping" format in the Preferences. Then select the non-AAC formatted song(s) that you want to create an AAC version from and then use the Advanced menu and select "Create AAC version...".

It works great thanks!!
r2sail

[flashforward]

Have you ever tried http://mp3m4r.com ? This allows you to convert your mp3 to iPhone ringtone and it's pretty neat.

[DavidPedro]

Awesome article...thank you for this as I once had them but misplaced the instructions. I now have Eddie Van Halen's guitar solo from Michael Jackson's 'Beat It' as a ringtone.

[ValentineValdovinos]

just was wondering how many times you can do this because i tried this once and it worked but the song timing was off so i needed to shave a second off of the begining but when i deleted it and tried doing it again I could not move the file to the outside folder. Is this something you can only do once (meaning you have to do the timing perfectly the first time around)?

is there a way to work around this so that I may correct my mistake and re-do it

[AlbertoGuerrero]

How do I change the file extension from .m4a to .m4r?

[AlbertoGuerrero]

Hey how do I change the file extension from .m4a to .m4r?

[novice007]

AlbertoGuerrero, on 29 August 2010 - 01:36 PM, said:

How do I change the file extension from .m4a to .m4r?

This post has been edited by novice007: 05 September 2010 - 09:19 PM

[AgentF]

AlbertoGuerrero, on 29 August 2010 - 01:36 PM, said:

How do I change the file extension from .m4a to .m4r?

This article says all you need to do is manually change the file extension.

[AngelAlvarado]

just an update:

it is October 2010 and this Tip still holds true on iTunes 10. good stuff!

[MichelleLee]

Great, worked flawlessly.

After going into itunes prefs-->import settings ans selecting AAC Encoder I was able to do this no problem.

[Citrys]

"Create AAC Version" is grayed out for me and I don't know why.

[RuiyiCiaossu]

How do you change the MA4 to M4R?

[AgentF]

RuiyiCiaossu, on 29 October 2010 - 07:25 AM, said:

How do you change the MA4 to M4R?

This article says all you need to do is manually change the file extension.

[AnisaMohamedNoor]

how do i change it from m4a to m4r??

[AgentF]

AnisaMohamedNoor, on 06 November 2010 - 09:52 AM, said:

how do i change it from m4a to m4r??

This article says all you need to do is manually change the file extension.

[jessejames4]

There is a free sound editor for Mac or PC called Audacity to trim your songs into perfect length ringtones.

Disclaimer: I don't work for Audacity or get anything from mentioning them. It's a great little free program that I use.

Also note in itunes to change the import settings:

1. goto "Edit"
2. Goto "Preferences"
3. Goto "General" tab
4. Next to "When you insert a CD" is the "Import Settings" button
5. Select "AAC Encoder"
6. Select "High Quality (128kbps"
then click.

[badw0lf]

AgentF, on 06 November 2010 - 07:58 PM, said:

AnisaMohamedNoor, on 06 November 2010 - 09:52 AM, said:

how do i change it from m4a to m4r??

This article says all you need to do is manually change the file extension.

Hello

Firstly, this comment and step 8 are vague. I am assuming you mean click on the icon and change the name by typing it in right?

Also, I don't have a "ringtone" tab in itunes! What should I do?

Thanks!!