How to Make iPhone Ringtones on a Mac Using iTunes

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Right click on the song of your choice and select “get info”.

   Right click may be “ctrl” click if your right click settings are turned off.
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   Step 2: Select the options tab on the new window.

   , Note it can only be a maximum of 40 seconds long. ,, A new clip will be made of just the selected time. , Right click the clip and select “Show In Finder”. , Select the clip and change the “.m4a” to “.m4r”. ,,,
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   Step 3: Set a start and stop time according to the clip of the song you want to use.

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   Step 4: Select “OK” once the clip times are set.

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   Step 5: Right click on the song again in iTunes and select “Create AAC Version”.

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   Step 6: Find the newly created clip.

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   Step 7: The clip will appear in the Finder window.

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   Step 8: A confirmation window will pop up

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   Step 9: select “use .m4r”.

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    Step 10: Drag and drop the .m4r clip from the Finder window to the ringtones tab on iTunes.

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    Step 11: Plug in your iPhone to sync your new ringtones and voila!

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