2 Really Easy Ways to Add Ringtones to Your iPhone

i. For songs that are DRM Free.

1. Right click on the song you are going to make into a ringer and select ‘Get Info.’
2. Go to the options tab and go down to the “Start Time” and “Stop Time” check boxes. Check both boxes and input the time you want your ringer to start/stop. The ringer has to be 30 seconds or less. Click OK when you’re done.
3. Right click on your newly shortened song and select “Convert Selection to AAC.”
4. After the song is done encoding, drag the new file to your desktop.
5. Go back the song on your desktop and right click on your song and chose “Get info.” Go to the name and extension section and change the extension from .m4a to .m4r (or you can just change the extension right from your desktop)
6. Go back to iTunes and delete the shortened version from your iTunes library (It won’t delete it from your desktop, it will only remove it from iTunes).
7. Now simply double click on the .m4r file on your desktop (or drag it to itunes) to add it to your iTunes library under the ringtones section.
8. Sync your phone with iTunes and you’re done!

Remember to go back into iTunes and uncheck your custom start and stop times for the original version of your song.

For a more visual representation of the above steps - watch the video below. I would highly recommend watching it fullscreen because - well, you’ll see.

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ii. For DRM Songs.

This is using garage band and unfortunately the, apple only. Before we get started, please make sure you have the latest version of Garage band.

1. If you’re using a song from your iTunes library, just open GarageBand, open iTunes, and simply drag and drop the song from iTunes to a new track in GarageBand.
2. Delete the track above as you wont’ need it.
3. Now click the Cycle Region button pictured above, which will activate the region loop tool.
4. Now adjust the length of the region to the section of the song you want to export to iTunes as a ringtone (40 seconds long or less).
5. Finally, when you’ve got everything set the way you want it, just go to the menu bar and click Share -> Send Ringtone to iTunes. GarageBand will automatically convert the song to the proper format and sync it to your iTunes library as a Ringtone.

Here’s a video to show you how. I would highly recommend watching it fullscreen because - well, you’ll see.