hey, Those instructions worked an absolute treat, thanks so much. > On 28 Oct 2020, at 11:49 pm, Brad Snyder <wb...@swbell.net> wrote: > > See the following instructions for adding ringtones to an iOS device from a > Mac running Catalina. > Please note the following: > 1. You cannot use the command VO + comma/period to drag and drop. > 2. You do not drop the ringtone you want to add in the “General” area. > > Follow the instructions below exactly as written, and you should be > successful. > > HTH. > > - Brad - > > > Moving a Ringtone to an iOS Device from a Mac Running Catalina > > Adding a custom ringtone to an iOS device from a Mac running Catalina, is > possible using VoiceOver, albeit a little challenging as it requires drag and > drop. > > After creating your ringtone, follow these steps to add it to your iPhone > from a Mac running Catalina: > > 1. Connect your iPhone to your Mac with the USB charging cable. > 2. On your Mac, open a Finder window to the folder location where the custom > ring-tone resides. > 3. Open a second Finder window )or tab), where you can select your iPhone > from the Sidebar. > 4. Return to the Finder window where the custom ringtone resides. > 5. Interact with the table or browser, and using VO, navigate to the > ringtone you wish to move to the iOS device. > 6. Once you are at the tone, press VO-cmd-f5 to route the mouse to the VO > location. > Note: You may need to include the fn key in order for the F-keys to perform > as normal F-keys. > 7. Press VO-cmd-shift-space to invoke the mouse-down action. > 8. Navigate to the iPhone window. > 9. Navigate to the item that announces the name of your iPhone, how much > space is used and its charge level. On mine, it's the item that's one > VO-right after the edit field with my iPhone name in it. > 10. Press VO-cmd-shift-f5 to route the mouse to the VO location. > 11. Press VO-cmd-shift-space to toggle the mouse-up action. > > This drops the tone and will immediately copy it to your iPhone. It will > show up in the tones section of Sounds & Haptics for your use. > > > On Oct 28, 2020, at 02:30, Michael Marshall <mightymaggie...@gmail.com > <mailto:mightymaggie...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > hey all, > Having a very frustrating and aggravating problem with my new iPhone 12. > I have a couple of custom ringtones that I created and I'm trying to send > them to my phone. > Of course with the old iTunes, it was a lot easier, you could just put it in > the automatically add to iTunes folder and sync it to the phone and you were > done. > With Catalina, apparently you have to drag the ringtone into the general area > of the iPhone on the side bar but the problem is, the voice-over drag > commands do not work here and well, it doesn't really work at all. > Was going to have a look at the program iMazing but I absolutely will not pay > $69 Australian for it and when I used the trial version, I couldn't really > work out what to do anyway. > Has anyone got any ideas? 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