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That is a great tip. Thank you. I'll let you know how successful I'll be

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On Sep 5, 2010, at 7:41 AM, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com> wrote:

> The simplest iTunes method of creating ringtones from your ripped music, as
> described by some websites for several years, still works with iTunes 10.
>
> 1. If you don't use the default import encoder, change Preferences > General
> > Import Settings > Import Using to AAC Encoder.
>
> 2. Choose your track and play it to decide the start and stop times. The
> duration can be anything up to 40 seconds.
>
> 3. Right-click > Get Info > Options to change the Start and Stop times to
> what you decided in (2). You can be precise to 0.001 secs if you want. Play
> this to make sure you've got what you want.
>
> 4. Right-click > Create AAC Version. This creates an edited version
> containing only what's between the Start and Stop times.
>
> 5. Right-click > Get Info > Summary to find the location of the edited
> version (not really necessary as it will be exactly adjacent to the original
> track in the iTunes Media > Music > Artist > Album folder).
>
> 6. Delete the edited version from iTunes but keep the file.
>
> 7. Navigate to the file using Finder or Windows Explorer and change the
> filename extension from m4a to m4r.
>
> 8. Either double-click the m4r file or iTunes > File > Add to Library to add
> it back to iTunes. It will go into Ringtones, not Music, and the file will
> move to the Ringtones folder.
>
> 9. Get Info > Options on the original track to change the Start and Stop
> times back to the defaults. You can do this at any point after (4).
>
> 10. Repeat 2-9 for your other ringtones.
>
> 11. Sync the phone to transfer your ringtones.
>
> 12. If you don't use the default import encoder, change Preferences >
> General > Import Settings > Import Using back to your usual one.
>
> That looks like a lot of steps but it is really easy.
>
> Otto
>
> On 5 September 2010 00:40, O. O. <iphone3g1907@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > What about if you have garage band. Can you create a ringtone that way ?
> >
>
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