Get Ringtones for the iPhone

This article teaches you how to purchase an iPhone ringtone from the iTunes Store, as well as how to create a ringtone from scratch. Once you've purchased or uploaded a ringtone, you'll be able to add it to your iPhone.

Steps

Purchasing

  1. Open your iPhone's iTunes Store. It's a purple app with a white musical note encircled in white, typically found on the Home Screen.
    • If you can't find the iTunes Store app, open Settings, scroll down and tap Sounds (or Sounds & Haptics on iPhone 7), tap Ringtone, and then tap Store in the top-right corner of the screen.
  2. Tap More. It's in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
    • If you accessed the iTunes Store through Settings, skip this step.
    • If using an iPhone 5S (or earlier), you may be able to skip this step.
  3. Tap Tones. This option is at the top of the "More" page.
  4. Find a ringtone you wish to purchase. You can do so by scrolling down through the "Featured" page, or you can tap the Search tab at the bottom of the screen and type in the name of an artist, a song, or a movie to search for specifics.
  5. Tap the price to the right of a ringtone. If you searched for a specific item, first tap the Ringtones tab near the top of the screen.
    • If you don't have a payment method set up with Apple Pay, Set-Up-Apple-Pay before proceeding.
  6. Tap BUY TONE. This will be in the same place as the price button.
  7. Enter your Apple ID password. You can also scan your finger if your iPhone uses Touch ID.
    • If you've entered your Apple ID password in the iTunes Store within the last half hour or so, you won't see this option.
  8. Tap Done to begin downloading the ringtone. It will appear at the bottom of the "New Tone" menu. If you'd rather apply your ringtone to a specific person or function, you can also tap one of the following options:
    • Set as Default Ringtone - Sets your selected ringtone as your new default ringtone for incoming phone and FaceTime calls.
    • Set as Default Text Tone - Sets your selected ringtone as the default alert for all incoming text messages.
    • Assign to a Contact - Brings up your contact list so that you can pick a contact to whom your selected ringtone will apply.
  9. Wait for your ringtone to finish downloading. Once it does, it will appear in your iPhone's "Ringtone" list.

Creating in iTunes

  1. Open iTunes. It's a white icon with a multicolored musical note on its front. If you don't have iTunes installed on your computer, first download and install it before continuing.
    • If a window pops up that tells you to update iTunes, click Download Update and wait for iTunes to update. You'll need to restart your computer after iTunes finishes updating.
  2. Open your preferred song in iTunes. You can do so by clicking and dragging any .mp3-type file into the iTunes window.
    • If iTunes is your computer's default audio program, simply double-click the song to open it.
    • If the song is already in your library, navigate to it.
  3. Double-click your track to listen to it. You'll need to make a note of the following things:
    • The time at which the section where you want your ringtone to start begins.
    • The time at which your ringtone needs to end. The maximum length for an iPhone ringtone is 30 seconds.
  4. Right-click the song. Doing so will prompt a drop-down menu.
  5. Click Get Info. It's toward the middle of the drop-down menu.
  6. Click the tab. You'll find this tab near the top of the "Get Info" window.
  7. Click the checkboxes next to "Start" and "Stop". Doing so will allow you to customize the song's starting point and stopping point.
  8. Type in the beginning time stamp in the "Start" box. This should be the time in the song at which you want you ringtone to start.
    • You'll type in the following format: minute:second.tenth of a second. For a time stamp of one minute and thirty seconds, then, you'd type "01:30.0".
  9. Type in the ending timestamp in the "Stop" box. This box is directly below the "Start" box.
  10. Click . It's at the bottom of the "Get Info" window. Now that your song has been trimmed, you'll need to convert it to a supported ringtone file type.
  11. Click your song if it isn't selected. It will become highlighted in blue.
  12. Click File. It's either in the top-left corner of the screen (Mac) or in the top-left corner of the iTunes window (PC).
  13. Hover over Convert. You'll see a window pop out with several different options.
  14. Click Create AAC Version. You'll hear a confirmation sound, and a second version of your selected song will appear below the original.[1]
    • Notice that the playtime for the AAC version of the song reflects the section you trimmed, not the original song's length.
  15. Right-click or two-finger click the AAC file. Make sure you double-check the length of the song before doing so, since you'll likely want the shorter of the two songs with the same name listed here.
  16. Click Show in Finder (Mac) or Show in Windows Explorer (PC). Doing so will open the AAC copy of your song in a separate window.
  17. Change the AAC file's extension from .m4a to .m4r. The process for doing so will vary between Mac and Windows computers:
    • Mac - Click the file once to select it, then click it again to edit its name. Select the ".m4a" section of the file, then type in ".m4r" to replace it. Press ⏎ Return, then click Use .m4r when prompted.
    • PC - Make sure your computer is set up to Configure-Your-Computer-to-See-File-Extensions. Right-click the AAC file, click Rename, then replace ".m4a" with ".m4r". Press ↵ Enter, then click OK when prompted.
  18. Delete the AAC file from iTunes. Make sure you click Keep File when prompted, as choosing the Move to Trash (or Move to Recycle Bin) will delete the actual ringtone file.
  19. Double-click your ringtone file in Finder or Explorer. It'll open in iTunes, which adds it back to the iTunes library as a tone.
  20. Click the Music bar. This option is in the top-left corner of the iTunes window, just above the "Library" column.
  21. Click Tones in drop-down menu. You should see your tone here. If you double-click it and it begins playing, it's ready to be uploaded to your iPhone.
    • You may be prompted to locate the ringtone file on your computer. If this is the case, click and drag the file into iTunes.

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Sources and Citations

  1. ↑ http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iphone/how-set-song-as-iphone-ringtone-new-ios-10-3635061/
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