How To Add Ringtones To IPhone (Updated For IOS 7)

It almost seems like everyone with an iPhone is sporting the exact same ringtone as you. So just how are you supposed to tell if that is your phone ringing in a crowd, Unfortunately Apple has not made it easy on us (unless, of course, we’re forking over the cash to buy the ringtone through them). However, rest assured that you are able to add custom ringtones to your iPhone using your music on your computer. Not only that, you can do it using the iTunes program that you already have. In this article, you will pick up how to add ringtones to your iPhone through iTunes. If the song is already in iTunes, you can skip ahead and locate it within iTunes. If the song is only on your computer and not in iTunes yet, then you need to locate the song first on your computer and add it to your iTunes library.

If iTunes is your default media player then go ahead and open the song file; otherwise, you will need to open iTunes first, then drag and drop the song into iTunes (or open it through the iTunes “File” menu). It will be the 4th option down. Step 3: In the window that appears, make sure that you are under the “Options” tab. Then choose the part of the song that you want to use as your ringtone. You do this by checking “Start Time:” and “Stop Time:” and then inputting the times that you desire into the respective fields. For example, if the favorite part of my song begins after 1 minute and 25 seconds and ends at 1 minute and 40 seconds, then I will input 1:25 as my Start Time and 1:40 as my Stop Time. Note: You must specify a Stop Time since iTunes has a size limit to the songs that it will recognize as ringtones. Keeping the total ringtone time to 30 seconds or shorter is ideal.

When you have decided the times for your song, make sure to click “OK”. This creates a shortened version of your song in Apple’s AAC format. You will see the song available in iTunes. Get Info”, and go back to the options tab that we were using before. Here you can change the original song back to normal by setting “Start Time” to 0:00 and simply unchecking “Stop Time”. Step 5: Now that you have two versions of your song, you must remove the duplicated AAC version from iTunes and find it on your computer. Tunes by the shorter time). Then click on “Show in Windows Explorer” for Windows or “Show in Finder” for Mac. Now, this next part sounds counter-intuitive, but go back to iTunes and delete the song in iTunes-making sure that you click “Keep File” when iTunes asks if you want to move it to the Recycling Bin or Trash. If you get a warning, don’t worry.

Note: If you cannot see the .m4a file extension then you may have to manually enable them in your computer settings. In Windows, go to “Tools” - “Folder options” - “View Tab” and uncheck “Hide extension for known file types”. Get Info”. In the window that appears, go to the drop-down menu under “Name & Extension”. There you will be able to edit the whole file name. Step 7: Open the file you have just renamed or drag it into iTunes. You won’t see it in your music library, but you will be able to find it under Tones in the left drop-down menu for your iTunes library. You will need to connect your iPhone to iTunes and navigate to the Tones section. Click either “All tones” or “Selected tones” (making sure to check the box next the ringtones that you want to sync). Then apply and sync your phone as normal.

Step 9: Set your new ringtone! When the sync is done, your ringtones should be available in the sound settings of your iPhone. To see them, tap “Settings” on your iPhone, then “Sounds”, then “Ringtone” and then choose the new tone. If everything worked out, it should appear at the top of the list right above the default Ringtones. Even after updating from iOS 6 to iOS 7, you can still use your custom ringtones from songs. Usually re-syncing them with iTunes (not iCloud) works, but if you have a particularly difficult case then you may need to follow these steps. Step 1: Go to Tones in your iTunes library. Step 3: Move the ringtones to the desktop. Step 4: Delete the ringtones in iTunes. Step 6: Sync your iPhone, making sure that Tones are selected for syncing. I hope so. But don’t stop there! There are plenty of ways to take charge of your iPhone. It really is a powerful mini-computer. You might even consider this course on Mastering your iPhone so that you can learn all the secrets. Also, did you know that you can create custom vibration patterns for different contacts in iOS 7,