How To Create Free Ringtones And Alert Tones For Your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
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How To Create Free Ringtones And Alert Tones For Your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
Last week, along with the launch of iOS 5 and iCloud, Apple also launched the Tune Store, where you can buy ringtones for $1.29 and alert tones for $0.99.
The goods news is that the simple ringtone hack that was discovered almost four years back still works with the latest version of iTunes, so if you've already purchased the song, you can make a ringtone and an alert tone from it for free.
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Awesome, I can't wait to try this:D
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Ive been doing this for ages. you can also change the file extension to .m4b to create an audiobook
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I did that on an iPhone 4s recently and I can't share the ringtone with the phone... Help please!!!
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thats great ! thnx info
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See this why JB is still great because Anyring will let you use ANY music in your iPod for ringtones just other phones. I mean I thought buying ringtones was a thing of the past now. I guess Apple is still in the past but killing it with futuristic products lol
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Apple should let iTunes music be used as ringtones.
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Is this only for iOS 5? I've been creating ringtones for years, but alert tones are always the same few options.
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Download RMaker from the app store and you can create ringtones on the iPhone from any song in your library... There is a paid and free version. I use the free version and it works great!
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Cool but there is another way thats pretty easy using Iringer. Its awesome and very easy to use! ;)
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When I get it to my desktop and right click the song I don't have the option "get info"
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Well I've been making custom tones from my own songs using GarageBand and using mixer.com. Now I can just use the same ones or make new ones for alerts
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hi,it doesn't give me the option to change the file extension from my desktop. i dont have a "get info" option when I right click the file on the desktop, only a properties section which does not seem to have the right stuff.please help
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nvm I figured out a work around! opened the file in My Computer>Tools>Folder Options>view tab>uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types"then just right click the file>select rename>change the ext!
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nice article i hope its work
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right click, send to..., mail recipient. Click File tab, save attachments, and change the name before you save it.
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I can get as far as creating the file & sending to desktop, but when I right-click the song, there is no option to "get info" and therefore I cannot change the format. Any help?
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Read more thoroughly, it states right click the song in itunes for the "get info option". and this is to change the length of the track ie; start and stop times. press ok when finished then right click>create aac version. then right click> show in explorer(windows), it should be in the itunes folder. move it to desktop and change file extension from m4a to m4r. No you cannot right click get info from your desktop, you just right click>rename if using windows. if your file does not already have the m4r extension, then they have been hidden by default. For vista, open a window in windows explorer, select tools on the menu bar, select folder options, scroll down and uncheck "hide extensions for known file types" or if using vista open start menu> go to "run" and paste this command C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Options_RunDLL 7
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They doAND DONT DISRESPECT APPLE!!!!!!
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Ringtones can be as long as 40 seconds, although that's not really feasible since the longest time your phone can be set to ring is 30 seconds. I believe Alerts are only recognized when they're less than 5 seconds, but I haven't tested it thoroughly yet, so I'm not sure exactly how long they can be. Anyone who needs an alert tone that's longer than 5 seconds has bigger problems anyway
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F--- Apple
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Is there a way to make it realize if you make an alert tone and list it under that instead of a ring tone?
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The extension is changed when I double click on it I get Open this file. I have no way of adding it to my iTunes library.
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Hi!While I've done this many times in the past (I currently have 36 custom ringtones), I was using a PC. I've now switched to Mac (yay!), but it isn't working. I get as far as double-clicking to add to the library, but after I sync the new ringtones still aren't there. :-(Any ideas?Karla, Shelly and Christine - you are using a PC, yes?If so, right-click the file and choose "Rename" from the list. Change the .m4a extension to .m4r and you should be in business!Instead of double-clicking to play, right-click and select "Open With," then choose iTunes.Good luck! :-)
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Okay, I found the key: the files have to be in the iTunes folder when you double-click them. Ha!
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A few good tones here but some you would probably never use :/http://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/singmyring.com/id472837068?uo=4
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But that's only for ringtones, what about for alert tones?
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Thanks!! These directions helped me greatly. My problem now is getting my iphone4 to recognize the Tone & using it. Maybe I need crash course in the iphone4.
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I set up a new ringtone, but the 'new' tone will only show as a ringtone option. How do I make it know I want to set a new alert tone?
