Ringtones are one of the easiest ways to make your iPhone 5, 6, 7, 8, X different from others: following simple recommendations, anyone can create a m4r format from a song (music, melodies) in iTunes and install (set) a ringtone on iPhone using a computer (via iTunes).

In addition to their entertainment function, ringtones can be very useful - if you don't have an Apple Watch, ringtones can help you find out who's calling without taking your phone out of your pocket. Simply select specific ringtones for your most popular contacts.

In this article we will tell you how to create your own exclusive ringtone on iPhone in .m4r format and show how to install music on iPhone via iTunes of any version.

The process of setting a melody as a ringtone does not require any special technical skills. True, it became a little more complicated with the launch of iTunes 12.7 in September 2017, when Apple quietly removed the Ringtones section (as well as iOS applications) from the program.

Below is a detailed explanation of how to create a ringtone or song from your iTunes music library into a custom ringtone and download it to your iPhone using iTunes 12.7 or later - it's still possible to do this, although the procedure is not as intuitive as it used to be.

Create a ringtone for iPhone using iTunes

Before you start creating a ringtone on your iPhone, you need to select a melody for the ringtone from iTunes. You can use absolutely any melody or song, regardless of the size of the source file and its quality.

1. Only part of the song will be used, so right-click on the song title, select “Song Info” (or “Get Info”), and then go to the “Options” tab.

2. Check the Start and Stop boxes and enter a time to limit the part of the melody you want to use as a ringtone. If you have chosen the beginning of the track for the ringtone, then just check the “Stop” box.

In fact, the best way to find good timestamps is through trial and error: don't forget to put the song on repeat to check the result.

3. Now select the song, go to File at the top of the screen, then Convert → Create AAC Version (in earlier versions the order was File → Create New Version → Create AAC version"). This is how a ringtone for iPhone is created.

iTunes will duplicate the track (which doesn't always happen on all versions), but if you look closely, you'll see that the new version is about 10-30 seconds (or so) long. This is the part of the melody that will be used as a ringtone.

4. After this, do not forget to return to the original track and uncheck the “Start” and “Stop” options, otherwise during playback you will only hear a short part of the melody selected for the ringtone.

In the first of them, we will use a device with macOS on board:

1) We take and drag the newly created ringtone to any convenient place (for example, the desktop).

2) Rename the file, the format is from .m4a to .m4r

3) Confirm your actions.

Create a ringtone for iPhone in m4r format

As you guessed, the second method is suitable for Windows owners:

1) Right-click on the shortened version of the track and click “Show in Explorer”.

2) Move the selected track to any desired location and rename it from .m4a to .m4r

Creating a ringtone for iPhone in m4r format

3) Confirm your action.

6. Go back to iTunes and delete the short version of the track, remembering to carefully check its length first. Right-click the file and select Delete or Remove from Library. After the request appears, confirm the action - “Delete song”.

It is very important that you only delete the file from your iTunes library and not from your Mac's hard drive. So if a prompt pops up asking you to confirm whether you want to move the file to the trash, click “Save File.” That's it, a ringtone for iPhone has been created, all that remains is to install it!

Where are ringtones stored after updating iTunes to version 12.7 or higher?

If you have already created ringtones on your iPhone before, before the updated version of iTunes 12.7 was released, then you are probably wondering where they could have gone, since the “Sounds” section in iTunes no longer exists. Don't worry, your ringtones haven't been deleted.

1. The easiest way is to run the “Spotlight search” search program to find the folder with ringtones. But if this method seems not entirely convenient to you - it gives too many results, try using a similar path with the “Finder” (depending on the software, the names of some folders may differ):

[Username] → Music → iTunes → iTunes Music → Sounds

2. You will see in this folder that your ringtones are safe and sound. Now you need to drag them into iTunes, into the Sounds section on your iPhone.

How to set a ringtone on iPhone (5, 6, 7, 8, X) via iTunes?

Once you have created a ringtone, it's time to install it on your iPhone! This can be done in two ways, obtaining different results. Of course, you must first download it to your smartphone. This won't take much time, so you shouldn't have any problems.

How to move and install a ringtone to iPhone from a computer?

1. Connect your iPhone to iTunes and click on the phone icon to the right of the Music, Movies, Sounds, etc. drop-down menu. (or to the right of the three dots icon in earlier versions of iTunes). This will open your phone's iTunes panel, where you will need to select "Sounds" in the left column.

Important: Before you do this, check the box next to “process music and videos manually” in the “Options” tab.

2. Click Sync Sounds → Selected Sounds, then the track you created. Finally, go to the bottom right corner and click Apply (you can also do this by simply dragging and dropping files).

3. Now, regardless of the version of iTunes, your iPhone has its own ringtones. All you have to do is go to the “Settings” of your phone, and then select “Sounds & Sounds” (or just “Sounds”) and set the ringtone on your iPhone.

4. You will see a list of events - new messages in mail, new voice and text messages, calls, etc., as well as the corresponding sounds. To change, for example, “Text Tone”, click this item.

5. You can now choose from a range of sounds. The melodies that the user has just added will most likely be at the top of the list and highlighted with a darker bar. Click on one of the melodies and it will play. If you're happy with it, click "Sounds & Sounds" in the top left corner to go back and select a new ringtone (no confirmation required). If you don't like the melody, choose another one from the list and listen to it.

Set or make a ringtone for iPhone via iTunes

Thus, it is very easy (and convenient) to set a ringtone on your iPhone and choose a melody to suit every taste.

How to set a new ringtone for a specific iPhone contact?

1. Go to the Contacts app on your iPhone and select the user you're interested in, then click the Edit button in the top right corner. One of the available options will be the “Ringtone” field, where the melody is most likely set by default.

2. Click on this field, and a full menu will appear from which you can select any ringtone you like. You have successfully set a ringtone to your iPhone contact!

When purchasing a device, lucky iPhone owners have to face the problem of changing the ringtone for an incoming call.

In this article we will figure out how to set a ringtone on an iPhone in all possible ways.

Setting a ringtone via computer

Despite the fact that the American product has enormous advantages over Android phones, the latter make it much easier to set your favorite melody.

To transfer a ringtone from a computer to an iPhone, you must first adjust it to the requirements: duration no more than 40 seconds and format .m4r, not .mp3, as we are used to.

Trimming and converting a song to .m4r format

Simple - via mp3cut.ru (123apps)

In case of basic processing of musical compositions and their transformation into ringtones, there are special online services, the best of which is considered mp3cut.

To make a high-quality ringtone using it, follow a few simple steps:

1. go to the site mp3cut ;
2. click “Open file” and select the song you will work with;
3. trim the edges of the melody so that it is less than forty seconds long;
4. For smooth playback, you can enable smooth fading;
5. select the “Ringtone for iPhone” option below;
6. click on the “Crop” button and wait until the conversion is completed;
7. Click “Download” and save the finished ringtone to a suitable folder.

Difficult - via iTunes

If for some reasonmp3cut is out of order - take advantage of the opportunities

Attention! You can create ringtones in iTunes only from songs that you manually uploaded to iTunes from your computer. You won't be able to make ringtones from songs downloaded from Apple Music or the iTunes store.

The algorithm of actions is more confusing, but not so scary:

1. install and launch iTunes on your PC;
2. decide on the ringtone for the call you want to place or transfer, and right-click on it;
3. when the menu appears, you need to move the cursor to “Song Information”;
4. In the window that opens, go to the “Options” tab.
5. check the boxes “beginning” and “end” and set the duration of the ringtone (it should not be longer than forty seconds).
6. There you can also set the required volume for the future ringtone;
7. click “Ok”;
8. play the song back to make sure it starts and ends at the right place and is at the right volume level;
9. In the top menu of iTunes, select: File > Convert > Create AAC Version. A similar file will appear next to the original - a shorter composition in AAC format.
10. return the original song to its original length;
11. right-click on the new melody, select “Show in Windows Explorer” - the folder on the computer disk in which the track is located will open;
12. you need to change the file extension from “.m4a” to “.m4r” (what is displayed with a dot after the file name). If the file format is not visible on your computer, no problem:
    1. In the upper left corner of the Explorer window, click: Organize > Folder and Search Options;
    2. go to the “View” tab and scroll the list to the very bottom;
    3. uncheck the box “Hide extensions for known file types”;
    4. click "OK";
13. now rename the file so it ends with “.m4r” instead of “.m4a”.

Downloading a ready-made ringtone to iPhone from a computer

Our ringtone is ready, and now all that remains is to download it to your phone. There are two ways.

Using iTunes

You can add a ringtone to your iPhone via iTunes by following these instructions:

1. launch iTunes;
2. connect your iPhone to the computer using a cable and wait for it to appear in iTunes (don’t forget to unlock your smartphone for the connection to take place);
3. click on the arrow next to the phone icon to display the child elements;
4. drag the ringtone file directly here and drop it;
5. To add a ringtone to your iPhone via iTunes, click on the “Sounds” item and check the box next to the “Synchronize sounds” function and click on the “Apply” button. Otherwise, without this action you won’t be able to add a ringtone to your iPhone via iTunes;
6. start synchronizing your phone so that the ringtone is downloaded to the phone memory;
7. We wait for the operation to complete, pick up the iPhone and go sequentially: Settings > Sounds > Ringtone and select the desired composition;

Advice. You can set a ringtone on your iPhone not only for all incoming calls, but also for a specific subscriber. Simply find the person you want in your contacts list and select the "edit" option.

An alternative method is the WALTR 2 program

As you already understand, there are methods that allow you to install a ringtone on an Apple device without installing the iTunes program. However, you must still have a PC.

The shareware utility WALTR 2 will help you download any files to your iPhone in a couple of clicks. You just need to select the desired object, it will be automatically converted into the appropriate format and transferred to your device. So, you have the opportunity to download not only melodies, but also images, movies, etc.

The method is suitable for those who do not want to install iTunes on their computer.

To install a ringtone on iPhone, follow the step-by-step instructions:

1. download the WALTR program - download it from the official page;
2. install it on your computer following the instructions;
3. connect iPhone to computer;
4. open the program, wait a couple of minutes for the parameters to load;
5. when the program sees your gadget, the message “drop file here” will pop up.
6. take the m4r track and drag it into the application window, wait until it is completely loaded;
7. pick up your phone and select a ringtone by going to the following path: Settings > Sounds > Ringtone.

Setting a ringtone using iPhone apps

Paid and fast - iTunes Store app

The iTunes Store offers you a convenient catalog to purchase and listen to your favorite songs. Also, through this service you can purchase ready-made ringtones without wasting time on processing and downloading songs yourself.

Do you think this pleasure costs a lot of money? But no! Compared to foreign offers, the prices in the catalog of Russian melodies are quite attractive. One song costs around 20 rubles.

It only takes 7 simple steps:

1. go to ringtones on your iPhone: Settings > Sounds > Ringtone;
2. at the very top of the menu, select “Sound Store”;
3. The iTunes Store application will open (immediately on the “Sounds” tab;
4. listen to the melodies and choose the right one;
5. click on its price and purchase the melody;
6. the purchased melody will appear in the list of ringtones;
7. Now you can set a melody for the call - just click on it so that a checkmark appears opposite it.

Free - GarageBand app

If you want to set a ringtone for freeiPhone directly from the smartphone itself, then an excellent program is at your serviceGarageBand!

To set a ringtone, do the following:

1. open the “App store” on your iPhone;
2. find and download install GarageBand (it's free!);
3. launch the GarageBand program on your device;
4. select tools in the main menu and click on them;
5. go to the pointer button in the upper left corner and click on it;
6. click on the “open file” function and select the song of interest by clicking;
7. After importing the track, the audio track will appear in the music field. Here you have the option to remove or trim it;
8. go to the “my songs” function, name the track and click “Save”;
9. perform synchronization.

Conclusion

If your attempts to download and set your favorite ringtone to a call are unsuccessful, do not be upset. This article is a true example of the fact that there are many options on how to change or download a ringtone.

You can master iTunes or use other programs without even touching your computer. Apple's iPhone is a wonderful modern device that needs a little more attention.

Standard ringtones on Apple devices are always recognizable and very popular. However, if you want to set your favorite song as a ringtone, you will have to make some efforts. Today we'll take a closer look at how you can create a ringtone for your iPhone and then add it to your device.

Apple has certain requirements for ringtones: the duration should not exceed 40 seconds, and the format must be m4r. Only if these conditions are met can the ringtone be copied to the device.

Below we will look at several ways to create a ringtone for your iPhone: using an online service, the proprietary iTunes program and the device itself.

Method 1: Online service

Today, the Internet provides a sufficient number of online services that allow you to create ringtones for iPhone in no time. The only caveat is that to copy the finished melody you will still need to use the iTunes program, but more on that later.

This completes the creation of a ringtone using the online service.

Method 2: iTunes

Now let's move directly to the built-in tools of this program that allow us to create a ringtone.

1. To do this, launch iTunes, go to the tab in the upper left corner of the program "Music", and in the left area of ​​the window open the section "Songs".



2. Right-click on the track that will be turned into a ringtone and select the item in the context menu that appears "Intelligence".



3. "Options". Here are the points "Start" And "End", next to which you need to check the boxes, and then indicate the exact start and end time of your ringtone.

Please note that you can specify any segment of the selected song, but the duration of the ringtone should not exceed 39 seconds.



4. For convenience, open the song in any other player, for example, in a standard one, in order to correctly select the required time intervals. When you're done specifying the time, click the button "OK".



5. Select the trimmed track with one click and then click on the tab "File" and go to section “Convert” – “Create AAC version”.



6. Two versions of your song will appear in the track list: one original, and the other, respectively, trimmed. That's what we need.



7. Right-click on the ringtone and in the context menu that appears, select "Show in Windows Explorer".



8. Copy the ringtone and paste the copy to any convenient location on your computer, for example, placing it on your desktop. We will carry out further work with this copy.



9. If you look in the file properties, you will see that its format is m4a. But in order for iTunes to recognize the ringtone, the file format must be changed to m4r.



10. To do this, open the menu "Control Panel", in the upper right corner set the viewing mode "Small Icons" and then open the section "Explorer Options"(or "Folders settings").



11. In the window that opens, go to the tab "View", go down to the end of the list and uncheck the item "Hide extensions for registered file types". Save your changes.



12. Return to the copy of the ringtone, which in our case is located on the desktop, right-click on it and in the pop-up context menu, click on the button "Rename".



13. Manually change the file extension from m4a to m4r, click on the key Enter, and then agree to the changes.

Now you're ready to copy the track to your iPhone.

Method 3: iPhone

A ringtone can be created using the iPhone itself, but here you can’t do without a special application. In this case, you will need to install Ringtonio on your smartphone.

1. Launch Ringtonio. First of all, you will need to add a song to the application, which will later become the ringtone. To do this, tap on the folder icon in the upper right corner, and then provide access to your music collection.



2. Select the desired song from the list.



3. Now slide your finger over the audio track, thus highlighting the area that will not be included in the ringtone. To remove it, use the tool "Scissors". Leave only the part that will become the ringtone.



4. The application will not allow you to save a ringtone as long as its duration is more than 40 seconds. As soon as this condition is met, the button "Save" will become active.



5. To complete, provide a file name if necessary.



6. The melody is saved in Ringtonio, but it will need to be pulled out of the application. To do this, connect your phone to your computer and launch iTunes. When the device is detected in the program, click on the miniature iPhone icon at the top of the window.



7. In the left area of ​​the window, go to the section "Shared Files". To the right, select Ringtonio with one click.



8. On the right you will see the previously created ringtone, which you simply need to drag from iTunes to any location on the computer, for example, to the desktop.

Transfer ringtone to iPhone

So, using any of the three methods, you will create a ringtone that will be stored on your computer. All that's left to do is add it to your iPhone via iTunes.

Creating a ringtone for iPhone for the first time can seem quite labor-intensive. If possible, use convenient and free online services or applications; if not, iTunes will allow you to create the same ringtone, but it will take a little more time to create it.

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This method allows you to customize the sounds of notifications in the Notification Center, incoming and outgoing mail, calls and alarms in your own way. Any device running iOS 5 is supported. Even iPod Touch 4. The only programs we need are iTunes. This is the beauty of this method - you don’t need the Internet or third-party software. We specially accompany the process with screenshots, so that even the most severe know-nothings can put some wonderful nasty stuff on their call. Joke.

1) If you haven't already done so, transfer the song you want to your iTunes library. Right-click on the song and select “Information”.

2) Select the "Options" tab and set the start/end time of the ringtone/sound. The maximum length is forty seconds. Then click OK.

3) Right-click on the track you just edited and select “Create AAC Version.”

4) The AAC version will appear next to the full track. It will become our ringtone, but a little later. For now, just right-click on it and select “Show in Windows Explorer.” Or "Show in Finder" if you're on OS X.

5) A new window will open in which the treasured music file will appear. We need to rename its extension from .m4a V .m4r. Windows users must first disable the "Hide extensions for known file types" setting by pressing the ALT key in Explorer and selecting "Tools" - "Folder Options" - "View" - "Advanced Options" from the drop-down menu. Mac users simply select the song file and press Enter.

6) For now, leave the modified file alone without closing this Explorer/Finder window...

...and return to iTunes, where we delete the previously made AAC copy of the song from the library. She’s no longer there anyway.

7) We return to the Explorer/Finder window and double-click on the ringtone we created earlier. Voila - it appears in iTunes in the appropriate section.

8) And now the hardest part. We grab the ringtone with the mouse and transfer it to a device previously connected to the computer. In our case - iPad.

Fanfare and congratulations. To use this ringtone as anything, look at Settings on your iDevice.

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If you thought that all this was “very complicated”, or you stupidly scrolled to the end without reading, don’t act like a blonde, we deliberately broke everything down to the simplest concepts. The whole process takes no more than one minute. If things still don’t work out for you, throw away your iPhone and buy a Nokia 3310. Good luck!

Sometimes using an iPhone becomes problematic. Especially when it comes to setting your own ringtones. However, the difficulty only arises when you set the signal for the first time. After following the simple and convenient instructions, you will easily understand the question of how to make a ringtone for an iPhone.

Making a ringtone

1 step

The easiest way to create a ringtone on an iPhone is through iTunes - this is the best and most convenient program for the task at hand.

To begin, the iPhone is connected via a computer to iTunes. Then you need to select a melody from the music library or add a new one.

Important! The length of a ringtone on an iPhone can be no more than 30 seconds, so choose your favorite part in advance - it will need to be trimmed in iTunes.

And also, before you start creating ringtones, make sure that the “Synchronize all sounds” checkbox is checked, as shown in the screenshot. In the future, you will be able to choose which ringtones to keep on your phone.

Step 2

The entire procedure is shown in detail in this video:

We tried to do the same. The result, confirmed by screenshots, is below.

You need to right-click on the selected melody and select “Information”.

A window will open in which you should open a tab called “Options”. Here you indicate the part of the song that will then be played during a call or SMS.

Near the inscription “Start” the beginning is selected, and near “Stop time”, respectively, the end of the ringtone. Click OK and move on.

Step 3

Now you need to right-click on the name of the selected song again and select “Create a version in AAC format.”

After a few seconds, a track with the same name as the selected song will appear, but its length will be 30 seconds.

Step 4

Now you should right-click on the short track and select “Show in Windows Explorer.”

A new window will pop up containing only one track that you are converting into a ringtone. This track will be in m4a format. The format will need to be changed to mp3 by simply renaming it.

Note: if your format is not displayed, you need to enable the function to display file extensions.

Step 5

When the file extension has changed to mp3, you can close Explorer. Now all that remains is a simple iPhone synchronization procedure that needs to be completed in order to download the result to your gadget.

Installing a ringtone on your phone

The last thing, and the most pleasant thing, after carrying out all these procedures is to install a ringtone on your iPhone.

To do this, in your iPhone, in “Settings”, open “Sounds” => “Ringtone”.

Here, instead of the standard set of Apple sounds, new ones created by you will appear. To set a ringtone, follow these steps:

That's it, creating ringtones for iPhone will no longer be a problem for you.

Enjoy your favorite music on your favorite phone.