How to Make Your Own Ringtones for iPhone in iTunes

How to Make Your Own Ringtones for iPhone in iTunes

The process of making your own ringtone with iTunes is a bit circuitous, you’ll have to copy files from Finder, make changes to file names, and drop such files on iTunes. These are some of the reason why we don’t recommend using iTunes to make ringtones for iPhone.

However, iTunes is the traditional and most popular tool for making custom ringtones for iPhone. If you’re searching for the steps in using iTunes to make ringtones for iPhone, we’ve outlined them as follows:

Step 1: Launch iTunes on your PC, and connect your iPhone to your computer using a USB cable.

Step 2: Is the music file already in your iTunes library? If not, add the music file to your iTunes library by clicking “File > Add to Library”.

Note: But if the song you want to make ringtone is in your iPhone, you’ll need to extract the music.

Step 3: Right click the song in iTunes library, and choose “Get Info”.



Step 4: Click “Options” and set the start and stop time. Click “OK” to save your entry.



Step 5: Click on the song again, then click “File > Convert > Create AAC Version”.



Step 6: Go to iTunes library and right-click the newly created AAC version of the song. Then for Windows PC users click “Show in Windows Explorer”, and for Mac PC users click “Show in Finder”.

Step 7: Rename the M4A file to M4R, and save the changes.



Step 8: Go back to iTunes, drag the M4R ringtone and drop it on the “Tones” menu of your iPhone.
Disadvantages of Using iTunes:

We mentioned earlier that the process of making ringtones with iTunes is a bit circuitous, but that’s not the only reason why we don’t recommend iTunes for making ringtones. Here are other downsides of using iTunes to make ringtones for iPhone:


The start and finish time for ringtone cannot be set while listening to the music on iTunes. Hence, you can only play the song first, mark the precise start and finish time, and come back to iTunes to set it.


The option to preview ringtone before saving is missing.


You may get to lose some or all your iPhone ringtones when syncing iTunes ringtones to your iPhone.


iTunes doesn’t offer you any guide even though the process is tedious.


iTunes doesn’t allow you to extract ringtones from iPhone to computer.
How to a Song a Ringtone on iPhone with Ringtone Maker App

Ringtone Maker apps are very handy when it comes to making ringtone for your iPhone. They allow you to create unlimited custom ringtones, text tones, and alerts using songs in your iPhone music library.

Here is how it works: when you download and install a ringtone maker app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, then you can use the app to choose your favorite song and decide which section to be your ringtones. Some apps may allow you to download ringtones.Also Read:iPhone/iPad Keeps Restarting? Here’s the Fix!
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Some of the popular ringtone maker apps include:


Create Ringtones


Ringtones 500000+


Ringtone Converter


Ringtone Designer

But note that all the apps require you to create your account and log in first.
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