Many dream, others buy a fashionable and cutting-edge iPhone gadget, but few people know how to install or download their favorite ringtone to this device. How to put music on ringtone on iPhone? Even a close acquaintance with Apple mobile devices does not always allow you to do it the first time.
For beginners, the process turns into suffering and can end in a burst of rage and damage to an expensive smartphone. To prevent this from happening, you need to explore three options for downloading the song you like on iPhone.
Fast passage
1. Put music on call via iTunes
Initially, iTunes was a media player that was designed specifically for Apple gadgets, gradually the program was transformed and improved. Now it is an online store where you can download ringtones, songs for a certain price, as well as watch movies and listen to the radio.
All songs that will be used as a ringtone on the iPhone must be recorded in a special M4R extension, and the duration of the track should be exactly 40 seconds. In reality, this process is simple, the main thing is to follow a certain procedure:
Step 1. Select and download the file with the desired ringtone in iTunes. To do this, open the pre-installed iTunes program, go to the appropriate section - "Music", click on the note icon in the upper left corner. Then click "File", and in the window that appears, select the line "Add file to library". The last step is to check the downloaded file directly in the media library.
Step-2. It is necessary to reduce the playback of a musical composition to the standard 40 seconds. If the duration of the melody even slightly exceeds the stated limit, then it will not be possible to install it on the iPhone ringer. You can trim the composition using special programs available in the smartphone's memory or in iTunes itself.
To do this, click on the file name, information and select the options item in the window that opens. It selects the desired segment of the composition with a given interval, and everything is “ok”. You can also further increase (or decrease) the volume of the track itself.
Step-3. Convert file to AAC format. To do this, click on the file menu, select the item convert and create a version in AAC format. After the manipulation, a new, trimmed track appears, on which you need to click again and change the extension from M4A to M4R. For maximum convenience, it should be moved to the main folder where all ringtones are stored.
Step-4. Save the converted ringtone file to your iPhone while syncing with iTunes. Connect your smartphone to a PC or laptop, go to iTunes, select "Sounds" on the left side, check the box next to "Sync sounds", and click "Finish".
Step-5. Final - setting the melody to ring the iPhone. The most difficult thing is over, now open the folder "Settings" - "Sounds" - "Ringtone" one by one. Just that the created melody will be the first in the general list, put a tick on it and enjoy your favorite ringtone during an incoming call.
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The unique song you like can be installed on any subscriber. To do this, select the desired entry in the contact list and click the ringtone at the end of the list.
2. Download through the Chinese analogue of iTunes - iTools
A simple, understandable iTools program has seriously supplanted the apple application, and has deservedly become popular among owners of expensive iPhone gadgets. Its advantage lies in:
- minimum size Mb
- fast loading, which gives a 5-fold savings in time
- the ability to download videos, photos in various formats
- the ability to set your favorite ringtone without synchronization and in a matter of seconds
Before you start setting up a call on your iPhone using the iTools program, you need to download it to your personal computer. The current version for Mac OS and Windows can be found
Installation order:
1. Open the program, select "Tools" in the upper left corner, then click on the bell icon on the right - "Create ringtone" (or you can click on the shortcut directly on the first screen of the program);
2. In the new window, the last column on the right is “Select from phone or from computer” (1) - click and select the song on the basis of which the ringtone will be created. You can listen to the track, set the beginning and end of the ringtone in the box below (2). Select the desired segment of the melody, cut and save the new track to your desktop (3);
3. The iPhone is connected to a PC using a USB cable, “Media” is selected in the iTools program, then the “Ringtone” tab opens in the right column and the saved melody is dragged into it directly from the desktop. Or you can connect your iPhone to your computer before starting the operation and immediately click on "Import to phone".
4. Ready! It remains to go from the iPhone to the "Settings", "Sounds", "Ringtone" folder, select the last added file and set it to a general incoming call or to a specific subscriber.
Ease of installation, unpacking ringtones on the iPhone using the iTools program compares favorably with iTunes, but, as they say, the choice is up to the user.
3. Convert and WALTR 2
Progress does not stand still, programmers are tirelessly working to make life easier for owners of "apple" gadgets. They managed to bypass the standard ringtone installation software - iTools and iTunes. The main problem of the iPhone is the non-standard format for playing the M4R melody, but it can also be solved. It is worth using an online audio converter or a special program, there are many services.
Converting is the most common way that will change the familiar MP3 format to M4R in a few seconds. With this application, you can get a ringtone in two steps:
1. Open the audio converter, download the complete composition.
2. Convert through the "Ringtone for iPhone" insert and save the new track.
This is followed by installing a ringtone on a mobile device by analogy with previous versions: "Settings", "Sounds", "Ringtones".
There is another popular program that works with MAC and Windows operating systems - this is WALTR. You can download it. With its help, you can not only download ringtones, but also media files in various formats. The program is free for 24 hours, which is enough to download hundreds of melodies and ringtones. Its beauty is in its simplicity. You can even connect your iPhone or iPad via Wi-Fi and transfer media files in seconds.
Working with the application is easy, you need to do three simple steps:
- open file in WALTR;
- connect iPhone to PC via cable or Wi-Fi, and wait for a connection with a mobile device. Then add a file in M4R format to the program, wait for a notification about adding a new ringtone to the gadget;
- go to the "Settings" folder, select the latest ringtone and set it as a ringtone.
All of the above programs: iTools, iTunes, conversion, WALTR are designed with one goal in mind - to save time on installing ringtones on branded iPhone smartphones. Which one to choose? You decide. WALTR is the most convenient, but it is also paid, but iTools has a wide range of functions and, in addition to downloading ringtones, can do a lot of things with your iPhone 4 5 6 7 8 Plus and iPhone X.
We hope now you know how to put music on a call on an iPhone completely from any format.
GarageBand can add ringtones to your phone for free using any tracks in your iPhone's memory!
As a new owner of the iPhone XS Max, I bought ringtones in the App Store, but miraculously stumbled upon this method.
Voila! I have a bunch of free ringtones.
What need to do
1 . Download and go into the GarageBand program, someone has it according to the standard.
2 . Choose Create new Live Loops, click on the plus sign on the left and add the Loop.
3 . Choose from the three options at the top of the Music tab.
4 . Go to Songs, select the song you like and click on the box.
5 . Drag it up, putting it in first place, click done!
6 . Click Recording(red circle in the middle) and after 3 seconds tap on the arrow at the very bottom of the screen, below your Magnifier icon.
7 . The record has gone. We wait about 35-40 seconds and press stop.
8 . At the top left, click on the arrow and select My songs.
Go to General -> Sounds -> Ringtone and select our track!
All is ready!
So you can add to the call any of your songs! Also via the menu Export you can send the track via messengers, messages, etc.
I saved in wav-format, transferring it to the social network VKontakte! There you can also make a track cover and change the title.
It's very simple, but not everyone knows.
How to create ringtones for iPhone using iTunes many users of Apple smartphones call inconvenient. It is difficult to argue with them, since the process of creating a ringtone in iTunes cannot be called intuitive. Fortunately, there are many other ways to create a ringtone for iPhone. We have described the simplest of them in this manual.
Why is this method the easiest?
The simplicity of the method described below lies in the fact that you do not have to install any special software for cutting songs. Everything happens online, which means that the only thing you need is a computer with Internet access. In addition, you don’t even have to rename the received ringtone to .m4r format. The service will do everything by itself.
Step 1. Go to the service website mp3cut.
Step 2. Click " Open file” and select the song you want to create a ringtone from. You can also add a song via a direct link, from Google Drive or Dropbox.
Step 3 Select the beginning and end of the ringtone by moving the blue sliders. You can set a more accurate interval using the arrows on the keyboard.
Note: If you want the ringtone to start smoothly, gradually increasing in volume, turn the "Smooth Start" switch to the active position. The "Smooth fade" parameter works in a similar way, but for the end of the ringtone.
Step 4. Select Format Ringtone for iPhone».
Step 5. After the creation of the ringtone is completed, click " crop". A big plus of this service is that the download of the cut song is direct, without the need, for example, to view ads.
Ready! The ringtone has already been downloaded to your computer in .m4r format. It remains only to add it to iTunes and sync with iPhone.
How to Download Ringtone on iPhone
Step 1. Launch iTunes, connect your iPhone to your computer, and select your smartphone.
Step 2. Select section “ Sounds” in column “ On my device“.
The next update of iTunes has made minor adjustments to the procedure for exporting ringtones to iPhone or iPad. Now for this you just need to drag the prepared audio file into the program window.
With the release of iTunes 12.7, the developers found it inappropriate to create an AAC version of the audio. So that has lost its relevance. Let's analyze in detail how to use the new version of the program to put a ringtone on the iPhone (iPad).
In general, there are no difficulties, you just need to update iTunes to the latest version and have the desired M4R audio file (there are many online converters from MP3 to M4R on the Internet).
Step-by-step instruction
- We connect the iPhone to the computer and open the "tuna"
- Select the connected device by clicking on the appropriate icon
- Select the "sounds" section
- We find the prepared M4R file on the computer
- Now just drag the future ringtone into the section that opens. If there is no “sounds” tab, drag it to the “on my device” section, then everything will happen automatically.
It is possible that after these manipulations the desired melody will not appear in the right place. Then in iTunes, click on the "Browse" tab and make sure that the "manually process music and video" checkbox is activated. 
Now press done and transfer the ringtone again. - Press "sync" and pick up the phone
- On the iPhone, we follow the path: settings> sounds> ringtone, where we select our composition.
Melodies for iPhone have not lost their relevance, because changing the ringtone brings a little variety to our everyday life. So I decided the other day to create a new melody for myself and put it on the iPhone's call, but it turned out that the updated iTunes has minor changes in the interface, which made the task a little more complicated. If you make and install ringtones in older versions of iTunes, then read the instructions here - "". Well, we will understand the 12th version of Tuna.
For convenience, the instructions are divided into two sections:
Now, in the computer, we are looking for our music file in MP3 format, we cling to it with the mouse and drag it to the library with songs (3).
Our music file has appeared in the iTunes library. Now click on it with the right mouse button and select - Details (4).
In the window that opens, look for - Options. Set start 0:00, end 0:30 and click OK. Thus, the length of our ringtone for iPhone will be 30 seconds. I tried to make a ringtone lasting 3 minutes, iTunes did not miss it, it gave the following:
"Ringtone was not copied to iPhone because its length is too long."
Therefore, 30 seconds is the best option.
We select our music track by clicking on the file in iTunes with the mouse, the track is highlighted in blue. Now we are looking for a tab:
- File - Convert - Create AAC Version
I don’t know why Apple hid this feature so far, it used to be easier - right-click on the file and convert, now the path for converting has become a little longer.
After a couple of seconds, we get our 30-second file, with the same name as the original file. We click on this 30-second melody with the right mouse button and select - Show in Windows Explorer (Show in Finder, Mac OS users press).
In the window that opens, we see our ringtone file, but still in M4A format, rename the M4A extension to the M4R extension. If you have any difficulties with renaming the extension or the extension is not displayed, then take a look at the instruction - "".
If it is inconvenient for you to create ringtones in iTunes, you can use the following services and programs:
Then you can use the second part of this guide to sync these ringtones to your Apple iPhone.
Set a ringtone for an iPhone call
Renamed ringtone in M4R format is our created ringtone for iPhone. In fact, the melody for the call is ready, now it needs to be put on the iPhone by synchronization.
Using the mouse, we grab the finished M4R file, drag it into iTunes and release it directly into the program. Before that, it is advisable to transfer this ringtone to some folder of your own (and pull from it to iTunes), since it may still come in handy in the future. There is another way to add ringtones to iTunes -.
To make sure that the M4R ringtone was successfully added to iTunes, do the following: at the top of the program, where we had the “Music” section, click and select “Sounds”. If there is no "Sounds" section, then in the same context menu, from the bottom, click - "Edit Menu", tick "Sounds" and click Done.
In iTunes 12.7, the developers have removed the Edit Menu button, so some users cannot enable the Sounds section. The ringtone is now added to iTunes by dragging and dropping the M4r ringtone. You can drag the ringtone -.
Once in the Sounds section, we should see our 30 second file. If we see it, and it is there, then the ringtone has been successfully added to iTunes. Sometimes, despite the correct actions above, the ringtone does not appear in the Sounds section, this happened in iTunes under MacOS, the removal of a 30-second file from the Songs section helped, which apparently somehow interfered with the loading of M4R. But when deleting this file, you need to select the button - Leave File.
If your M4R ringtone does not appear in the Sounds, then there may be a problem with the original MP3 music file, in which case try other MP3 music files. Or try to make a ringtone not in iTunes, but using other services and links to which we indicated.
If in iTunes, in the Sounds section, ringtones appear, then we put them on the iPhone:
- We take a USB cable, using it we connect the iPhone to the computer. In the top bar of iTunes, click on the iPhone icon that appears
- In the left sidebar under the iPhone itself, click the section - Sounds
- Check the box - Synchronize sounds
- Choose: All sounds or Selective sounds
- At the bottom of iTunes, click Apply or Sync
We are waiting for all the stages of synchronization to pass, and iTunes will write the ringtone to the iPhone. Then we take the phone, go to Settings - Sounds - Ringtone, and we see our ringtone is the very first one in the list.
If you want to turn on iPhone backlight flashes for an incoming call that will accompany your melody, then read -.
If you decide to delete ringtones from the iPhone, then we read -. Well, if you still have questions about ringtones for iPhone or you want the same beautiful ringtone name as in the last picture, then welcome to ours - "".
