Hello, I haven't used iTunes for a long time and on my laptop I have been playing around a little with the new Windows app which eventually will replace iTunes, Apple Music, Apple TV and Apple Devices. Basically the functionality of iTunes which allows you to manage and listen to the various media types as well as provide a device section where you could update/restore your iPhone or add ringtones to be synced to your connected iPhone is now divided up among these apps similar to how it is on a Mac. Unfortunately at this stage the Apple Devices app which is accessible for things like updating/restoring your phone, making encrypted backups, turn Voiceover on/off etc. does not include an option to sync ringtones to your device. Maybe it does not yet include this feature as the app is still in Beta testing phase, but either way since I did a complete reset of my iPhonelast night I was looking for a way to at least get some of my favourite songs back as ringtones. After listening to a YouTube video, I downloaded the app the guy was using and found that it is a pretty simple app and it is accessible. I am including a link later. Basically when I opened the app I was able to import a song from my computer into the app which is achieved by entering an IP address into a browser, this takes you to a simple website where you can browse to your song and import it. This worked well and the song was then in the app. Here I was able to clip the song so it's only 30 seconds long and setting start time and end time as well as enabling a fade in and fade out effect was easy to do. Then I tapped the "Make" button which created the ringtone with the correct M4R extension. After that I I found a "Share" option under "More" and I was able to select Garage Band which I also installed on my iPhone before, for those who don't know it, this app is a free app from Apple which allows you to create and work with all sorts of audio. After I shared it, I opened Garage Band, tapped on "My songs" and my ringtone was there. Flicking down on the song gave me a bunch of options and again one of them was "Share". After tapping it, I had several options including "Ringtone". When I tapped it I was told the length of the song had to be adjusted, It said "Your ringtone needs to be 30 seconds or less and will be automatically shortened to the appropriate length". I tapped continue and then had only two options, "Cancel" and "Export". I tapped on export and then when I went to Settings > Sounds and Haptics > Ringtones it was right there and I was able to select it.
This method is not as easy and quick as copying a bunch of already existing ringtones and simply pasting them into the appropriate section in iTunes, but it is not very difficult and one can certainly make some ringtones based on songs this way. There is also an option where you can select a video from yoru photo library on the iPhone if you have one which includes audio. The audio is then extracted and you can make a ringtone from this. Lastly, you do of course have options in Garage Band to create your own music or record yourself if you are a musician, but that is one thing I am not. I will once again leave feedback for Apple in the next little while asking them to hopefully add the ability to sync ringtones via the Apple Devices app or even better would be if they allows for some other way to simply import them from a place like Dropbox or other cloud storage service. You can do just about anything nowadays from the iPhone and I am sure iTunes will probably be a thing of the past sooner rather than later and this is one area where Apple should give customers an option to do this just using a phone. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/PH7PR12MB5656F9D1C67393F305FBEE6BC77A2%40PH7PR12MB5656.namprd12.prod.outlook.com.
