So shortly before the big Apple event a couple days ago there was a company that released the program iToner for $15, with this program you could turn any of your songs into ringtones for your iPhone. Then the big Apple event came and Apple announced this feature would be built into the new version of iTunes but would cost $.99.
Now someone else has come along and informed us that by simply changing the file extension of the files you can make any .AAC track into a ringtone. This operation doesn’t even require any software you just edit the file and change the extension to .M4R.
After that all you have to do is import it into your iTunes library and then sync your iPod. So you have two solutions that cost money, iTunes and iToner or you have this method that’s completely free, which do you choose?
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Changing the extension from mp3 to m4a will not work. Are you using the most up to date version of itunes? The Advanced menu at the top should have the ‘Create AAC Version’ if you are running iTunes 9.1
Thanks Shellers.. most appreciate your help. yeah, its totally weird. Ill give ‘audacity’ a go. wish me luck! he he
Cheers
CHELSEA: Just go to the “advanced tab” now on the top left hand corner of your itunes to obtain the ‘create AAC version’
Cheers
Sam
If you have no luck with this let me know and I’ll have a go with the track you want to convert for you and upload the m4r file to my webspace for you to download.
Let me know
Shellers
I have the new iTunes 9.1 and when I click the advanced button… the option for create aac version is there, but faded out so I can’t actually select it. What do I do?
Thank you so much Shellers. I feel like such an idiot, I’m sure I looked through all the menus so many times, but everyone else kept saying it was in Edit, Preferences. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It was just so easy!
hi,this is very good.
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I tried creating a “Create AAC Version’ then dragged it out of itunes into the desktop then I double clicked the song and then sync’d my phone
The ringtone still will not show up
same problem with me ..
shouldn’t the song that i converted be shown in the ” ringtones ” in itunes ? becouse after i converted , dragged to disktop then double clicked the song .. it was still played in ” music ” not ” ringtones ”
and when i tried to drag the song to the ” ringtones ” it wouldn’t go there .. ??
Hi there!
Been looking for advice re some topic as this thread! Has anyone got a solution to kawther’s query cause that’s where I’m at! Any advice would be appreciated!
Try Audiko.net
There is nothing to download or anything. It converts your own music, or there are other downloaded songs there for you to choose from. Easy as 1,2,3.