Hi Donna! [ and the mystery person ] Thanks for this I've followed the steps but I do not need to make it Iphone compatible so I've just change the name! But it works so thank you again :-] Yours [ going to be very bizzy looking for tracks to change! ] Colin Skype focus_66 On 10 Sep 2010, at 21:03, Donna Goodin wrote:
> Hi again all, > > And here are the directions. These were passed to me by someone on this > list, I just can't remember who any more. So, whoever you were, thanks, > your knowledge continues to be disseminated. Oh, and this isn't as hard as > it looks. I kept these instructions to refer to the first few times, but > now I can practically do it in my sleep. > Donna > > 1. open itunes and go to the song you want to use for your ringtone > 2. press cmd--I to get info and go to the options tab. > 3. check the start and end time boxes. [note, make sure you know where > you want your start and end to be. this must be 40 seconds or less] > once you've selected the allotted time, click OK. > > (Note from me, you can forward the song to the place you want the > ringtone to start. The LCD area will show the remaining time left in the > song. Subtract that from the total song time, and you've got your start > position) > > 4. Go to Advanced and select create AAC version. this creates a > duplicate of your selected song. > > 5. Now, the song you just created should be sitting below your > original in the songs table as an aAC version. go to the original, you > will know it's the original because the time is still the original > length. Now you should get info again on the original track, ensuring > the track is highlighted, and uncheck the boxes you checked > previously. This will make sure your song is in tact. > > 6. Now highlight your duplicate song, the one you made for your > Ringtone. Show it in finder with Cmd-r and hit cmd--c to copy. Paste it to > your desk top and delete > the duplicate in itunes. [this must be done or else the following > steps will not work] > > 7. Rename the file on your desktop, with the m4r extension. all you > need to do is hit enter/return on the file on the desktop and go to > the end of the file name, deleting the m4a and typing m4r. > 8. Go back to itunes and hit add to library cmd--o. find your new > ringtone on the desktop and import it. (You can also just go to your > desktop, and hit CMD-O while on the file. > 9. Go to your ringtones playlist and it should be there. > 10. Sync your iphone. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 3:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: making ringtones with itunes still works > > Hi all, > > I just made a ringtone in itunes from a song I had purchased from the itunes > store, and it worked like a charm. I think the only change in iTunes 10 is > that they took that option out of the Store menu. I never got that to work > anyway, so as far as I'm concerned it's no great loss. > I'll now post my set of instructions for making a ringtone in itunes. > > Donna > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
