All the same Apple surprisingly paradoxical. Here is its chapter at the next presentation of the new i-device assures you that this is the friendliest gadget in the world. And here is its user who ( it's not the first hour) is trying to find an easy way to set your favorite ringtone on iPhone. And all is in vain, because the "apple" giant, creating the most understandable and convenient platform, also wished that it was also the safest and the most careful about copyright.
However, as you know, chasing several hares is rarely successful. However, Apple caught a couple of big-eared ones - iOS is really vulnerable to a much lesser extent than competitive platforms, and it protects copyrights better than others. But the friendliness in this race suffered seriously. And at the moment when users of other smartphones can put music on a call in two stages, the owner of the i-gadget has to perform much more manipulations.
V currently iPhone users without jailbreak (that is, not jailbroken) there are three ways that will help you install a ringtone on your iPhone. The first of them is creating a ringtone using iTunes on a PC and then synchronizing a smartphone and a computer. This method is a real classic. The second is buying tracks on the iPhone through iTunes Store... And finally, the third method is to use third-party software that allows you to put the melody on iPhone call, without using iTunes and a computer.
Well, let's take a look at all the methods in order.
Set ringtone music from using iTunes, frankly, not as difficult as they say about it, in the sense that no special knowledge and skills are not required here - just find instructions on the Internet and strictly follow them. Another question is that this is a rather dreary long process. However, you need to know the "classics", and therefore we present for you detailed instructions- how to set ringtone on iPhone using iTunes.
For convenience, we will divide the whole process into three stages:
- turning a track into a ringtone
- converting it to m4r format - the fact is that the iPhone "understands" only m4r ringtones
- sending a ringtone to an iPhone and setting it as a ringtone
Turning a track into a ringtone
1 Launch iTunes. Never used a program before, and it is not on your PC? Then first download it from the official Apple website, complete the installation and log in to it using your Apple ID (unique account, user-created at initial setup iPhone). 2 Click on the "File" menu in iTunes, select "Add a file to the library" (or simply press the "hot" combination Ctrl + O) and use Windows Explorer to specify the path to the composition of interest, then click the "Open" button.
3 Select the section "Music" (you can click on the icon in the form of a note) - look, the selected composition should be displayed in the list on the right. 
5 All! Congratulations! You have made your first ringtone. Convert to m4r format
Send ringtone to iPhone and set it as ringtone
So, before us is the third and most crucial stage - how to install the received melody on our iPhone?
You see, as we promised, the instructions are not complicated, but quite long.
Now let's take a look at faster ways.
How can I set a ringtone through the iTunes Store to ring an iPhone
Of course, this method is much simpler than the first, but it has two significant drawbacks. Firstly, you will have to pay for ringtones from the iTunes Store, this time; and, besides, the catalog of the store is, of course, huge, but it is far from a fact that it contains the melody you need.
However, if you are ready to pay, just not to follow the steps described in previous instructions, and also if a certain melody is not very important to you, but you just want something new, here is a guide for you - how to put a ringtone on an iPhone using the iTunes Store:
See how simple everything is and, in fact, inexpensive, a ringtone costs an average of 19 rubles.
How can you put your favorite song on a call on an iPhone using third-party software?
I must say that there are a number of programs and applications that allow you to put your music as a ringtone on the iPhone without iTunes, but some of them work only for devices with a jailbreak, the other part is not very intuitive and convenient to use and it's easier to study native iTunes , in the end, it is useful not only to put a ringtone. However, we have chosen one program and one application for you, which give a simple and understandable answer to the question of how to put a ringtone on an iPhone without iTunes. Let's figure out how to work with them:
GarageBand app
Download this application can be in official store applications for i-technology - App Store... It is especially convenient because it does not require a PC to work with it.
How do I make a ringtone using GarageBand? Follow these instructions:
Such is interesting way to put your music on the iPhone, recall, especially attractive in that you can do without a computer. However, it has a small drawback - the GarageBand app costs 379 rubles.
I know what you are thinking, why is it either so complicated or paid. Well, "for dessert" we have prepared both simple and free way how to make ringtone on iPhone ...
Waltr + online music editing services
How to install music with Waltr? First, prepare the ringtone:
Now we reset it to iPhone:
Yes! It's that simple! An excellent way, for which I want to say a huge thank you to the developers who made WALTR.
Let's summarize
Well, now you know how to set your own iPhone ringtone and I hope you will agree with us - it's not so difficult to do this as it seems at first glance. The main thing is to choose the method that suits you. Someone may say, why are all these changed ringtones, because there are relatives, but we assure you that someday they will certainly get bored and you will want to change them and put your favorite song on the iPhone ringtone!
Ringtones for iPhone have not lost their relevance, because changing the ringtone brings a little variety to our everyday life. I decided the other day to create a new melody for myself and put it on the iPhone call, but it turned out that in updated iTunes there are small changes in the interface, which made the task a little more difficult. If you make and set tunes in outdated versions iTunes, then read the instructions here - "". Well, we will understand the 12th version of Tuna.
For convenience, the instructions were made from two sections:
Now, in the computer, we are looking for our music file in MP3 format, grab it with the mouse and drag it to the music library (3).
Our music file has appeared in your iTunes library. Now click on it right click mouse and select - Information (4).
In the window that opens, we are looking for - Parameters. We expose, the beginning is 0:00, the end is 0:30 and press OK. Thus, the length of our iPhone ringtone will be 30 seconds. I tried to make a ringtone with a duration of 3 minutes, iTunes did not miss it, gave the following:
"The ringtone was not copied to the iPhone because the duration is too long."
Therefore, 30 seconds is the best option.
We highlight our music track By clicking on a file in iTunes with the mouse, the track is highlighted in blue. Now we are looking for a tab:
- File - Convert - Create version to AAC format
I don’t know why Apple hid this function so far, it used to be easier - right-clicked on the file and converted, now the conversion path has become a little longer.
In a couple of seconds, we get our 30 second file, with the same name as the original file. Click on this 30-second melody with the right mouse button and select - Show in Windows Explorer (Show in Finder, press Mac users OS).
In the window that opens, we see our ringtone file, but still in M4A format, rename the M4A extension to the M4R extension. If you have any difficulties with renaming an extension or the extension is not displayed, then take a look at the instructions - "".
If you are not comfortable creating ringtones in iTunes, then you can use the following services and programs:
Then you can use the second part of this tutorial to sync these ringtones to your Apple iPhone.
Putting the ringtone on the iPhone
The renamed ringtone in M4R format is our created ringtone for iPhone. In fact, the ringtone is ready, now you need to put it in iPhone by synchronization.
Using the mouse, grab the finished M4R file, pull it into iTunes and drop it straight into the program. Before that, it is advisable to transfer this ringtone to some of your own folder (and already pull it from it to iTunes), since it may still be useful in the future. There is another way how you can add ringtones to iTunes -.
To make sure that the M4R ringtone has been successfully added to iTunes, do the following: at the top of the program, where we had the "Music" section, click and select "Sounds". If there is no section "Sounds", then in the same context menu, from the bottom, click - "Edit Menu", tick the "Sounds" checkbox and click Finish.
In iTunes 12.7, the developers removed the Edit Menu button, so some users may not be able to enable the Sounds section. Ringtone is now added to iTunes by drag and drop M4r ringtone. You can drag the ringtone -.
Once in the Sounds section, we should see our 30 second file. If we see it, and it is there, then the ringtone has been successfully added to iTunes. Sometimes, despite the correct steps above, the ringtone does not appear in the Sounds section, it happened in iTunes under MacOS, the removal of a 30-second file from the Songs section, which apparently somehow interfered with the M4R download, helped. But when deleting this file, you need to select the button - Leave File.
If your ringtone in M4R format does not appear in Sounds, then there may be problems with the original MP3 music file, in which case try other MP3 music files. Or try to make a ringtone not in iTunes, but with the help of other services and the links to which we indicated.
If ringtones appeared in iTunes, in the Sounds section, then we put them on the iPhone:
- We take a USB cable, use it to connect the iPhone to the computer. V top panel iTunes program, click on the iPhone icon that appears
- In the left side panel under the iPhone itself, click the section - Sounds
- Check the box - Synchronize sounds
- Choose: All Sounds or Selective Sounds
- At the bottom of iTunes, click - Apply or Sync
We are waiting for all the stages of synchronization to pass, and iTunes will write the ringtone to the iPhone. Then we take the phone, go to Settings - Sounds - Ringtone, and we see our very first ringtone in the list.
If you want to turn on iPhone backlight flashes when incoming call that will accompany your melody, then we read -.
If you decide to delete ringtones from the iPhone, then read -. Well, if you still have questions about ringtones for iPhone or you want the same beautiful name ringtone as on last picture, then welcome to our - "".
It is quite easy to create a ringtone that can be played on an iPhone. But the process is so complicated that when faced with it for the first time, many iPhone owners experience certain difficulties and do not understand how to do everything right.
In our opinion, this complexity was created artificially, although the process is extremely simple. Apple has made it harder to set ringtones on purpose to get people to buy ready melodies and brought money, and did not cut the music themselves.
Those who want to get their favorite ringtone for free should read this article, which is step by step guide how to create a ringtone from your favorite song.
On the iPhone, you can put any melody no longer than 40 seconds, the file extension must be.m4r. There are four ways to make this ringtone on iPhone:
Each of them has its own characteristics, we will analyze them below.
V this manual talks exclusively about creating a ringtonefor iPhone... We will talk about how to put it on a call in another article: “How to set your own ringtone on the iPhone”.
Buying a ringtone from the iTunes Store
This is the easiest way to get your favorite ringtone. There are many sounds available in the store for every taste, see the "Sounds" section. After purchase, the sound will automatically be displayed on the iPhone in the "Settings" - "Sounds" menu.
This method has two drawbacks: it requires money (one sound costs 19 rubles), plus the choice of ringtones in the store, although large, is limited - your favorite track may not be there easily.
How to make ringtone to iPhone via iTunes
If you have a Mac, then the iTunes program comes with operating system, and is most likely already installed on your computer. If you windows user, then you need to download and install the application. You can do this from the Apple website from here: apple.com/en/itunes/download.
The whole process will be shown using the example of the latest, at the time of this writing, version of iTunes 12.4. V previous versions media player, the cutting process is slightly different - more on that below.
To begin with, select your favorite track and transfer it to the library, here in such a window (you can add via Top Menu"File", or just drag and drop):
Pay attention to the panel on the left. You need to move it with the mouse not to the "music" of the iPhone itself, but to the "songs" of the media library.
Next, you need to recode the song to AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) format. If you have iTunes version 12.4 and higher, then select the desired song and go to the top menu "File" - "Convert" - "Create version in AAC format":
The original track will remain unchanged and will be copied in AAC format.
In case your version of the media player is earlier than 12.4, then just right-click on the track and select "Create version in AAC format".
As a result, we see the following picture:
An AAC track has been created.
The duration of the iPhone ringtone cannot be more than 40 seconds. So you have to choose your favorite part of the composition and crop the piece. Decide which 40-second part of the song you want to hear as a ringtone, right-click on the track, and select "Information" (for Mac it is "Information").
In the window that opens, go to the "Parameters" tab and change the beginning and end of the musical segment so that it is no more than 40 seconds:
You can specify any beginning and end: for example, from 1:02 to 1:42, etc.
Click "Ok", right-click on the created copy of the track and select "Open in Windows Explorer", Or" Show in Finder "if you have a Mac. An explorer with a track will open:
As you can see, the file has the extension .M4A. You need to change it to extension .M4R (the difference is last letter) - for this, right-click on the file, change the extension through the "Properties", and get a ready-made ringtone.
If you do not see the extension of the music file, then go to "Control Panel" - "Appearance and Personalization" - "Folder Options". Here, on the "View" tab, uncheck the "Hide extensions for registered file types" menu.
How to create ringtone on iPhone
There are smartphone applications that allow you to cut ringtones from songs, for example. There are paid and free versions.
Some iPhone ringtone maker apps.
You can select any application and use it. The essence of any program is the same: you are invited to load a music file into it and create a ringtone from it no longer than 40 seconds. The differences lie in the usability of the interface and additional features track processing (volume up / down). Some apps offer access to their music library.
If you express your desire in the comments, then we will review the best paid and free apps for cutting ringtones.
To be honest, I've used Ringtonium for this my whole life. Not advertising, just convenient, and I'm used to it already:
The peculiarity of this method is that in any case you will have to first add the song to the iPhone, then import it into the program and cut the ringtone. After that, you need to open iTunes, and transfer the created ringtone to the iPhone. Nothing will work without iTunes.
Using online services to create a ringtone
Similar sites offer to download a music file, trim and process it. The finished ringtone is downloaded to your computer and transferred to iPhone via iTunes. The advantage this method is that you only need a browser and an Internet connection to cut the Rangtone.
There are quite a few services, it makes no sense to list them all. Enter in the search "ringtones for iPhone online" and get full list sites.
The most popular portal is mp3cut.ru. Using his example, we will show the work of analogs.
The main page offers to download the track.
After downloading the music, it will be displayed as follows. Here it is important to press the "Ringtone for iPhone" button. You can select the decay of the melody at the beginning and / or end.
After clicking the "Trim" button, you can download the finished ringtone. It will be saved in the correct .m4r format.
It should be said here that there are sites offering download ready ringtones for those who do not want to do their own cutting. Among them is the Vkontakte group vk.com/iringtone - there is a large choice there. But there are others, search to help you.
That's all for today. Above, we looked at 3 ways to create a ringtone from music for iPhone. The process itself is terribly inconvenient and is designed to a common person go and buy a ringtone in Apple store... But we are not looking for easy ways ...
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The easiest way to get an interesting ringtone is to download it from the Internet. Especially ready-made ringtones really great amount... However, if you did not manage to find a worthwhile one, then you can supplement it through iTunes yourself from the part of the song that you like. And now we will tell you what is needed for this.
In fact, the process is extremely simple. Everything is solved in just a few clicks with a computer mouse. Even if this is your first iPhone and you know nothing about apple devices, there will be no problems!
Add your own ringtone using iTunes
Arrangement of elements in iTunes may change depending on its version, but the instructions are still valid. It doesn't matter what kind of iPhone you use, it can be either 4S or 7 Plus - the process of creating a ringtone is absolutely identical. So let's get started:Do not look at the fact that there are too many points in this manual - there is really nothing complicated. We have broken it down into the most detailed parts so that you don't have any problems and questions.
We are offering to you step by step instructions in pictures, in which we will show how you can make a ringtone for an iPhone smartphone through iTunes.
one). The first thing to do is install and run it.
2) In the File menu, select the item to add a file to the library.
3) Find the melody we need for the ringtone and open it.
4) The searched song appears in the library window. Click on it with the right mouse button, and in the window that appears, select the information item.
5) Select the Parameters tab, specify the initial and final sounding time of the desired fragment of the melody there. It should be remembered that its duration should not exceed 39 seconds. To make your work easier, you can "cut" the track into small pieces in any audio program.
6) Confirm the performed action by pressing the OK button.
7) Right-click on the processed track and select the Create AAC version sub-item. If this item is absent, you need to go to the Edit menu, select the Settings item there, open the General tab and in the Import Settings line select the Importer FFC Encoder.
If you are using iTunes version above 9.1, then in Additional menu you must select the Create version in AAC item:
In case if this item not present you need to select the Importer AAC Encoder. How to do this is described in several points above.
8) In the library window on the modified track, the length of which is no more than 39 seconds, right-click and select Copy.
9) Click on the Start button and select Music there.
10) Create Music in the opened folder new folder.
11) Let's name the new folder Ringtones.
12) Open the created folder and paste the copied media file there.
13) Next, go to the Start menu, select Control Panel and Folder Options there. Change the category and select Small icons. Then go to the View tab and uncheck the Hide permissions for registered files sub-item.
To show the extension of registered files in Mac OS, you need:
- Right-click on the desktop and select Finder.
- In Finder, select the Settings menu and then Add-ons.
- Check the box in front of Show extensions for all files.
14) Return to the Ringtones folder. Click on the song and manually change the extension of the song from m4a to m4r.
16) Select the Sounds to be displayed in the media library.
17) Open the File menu, select Add file to the library, where in the Ringtones folder we mark the ringtone we have made. Click OK.
18) We connect the iPhone to the computer. We select the Sounds tab, put the Synchronize checkboxes and activate the synchronization mode. You must first remove source files from which the resulting ringtone was made.
