If you don’t have a payment method set up with Apple Pay, create one before proceeding.
If you don’t have a payment method set up with Apple Pay, create one before proceeding.
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.
You can view the ringtone by opening Settings, scrolling down and tapping Sounds & Haptics (or Sounds), and tapping Ringtone.
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 iTunes and wait for iTunes to update. You’ll need to restart your computer after iTunes finishes updating.
Your ringtone can’t be longer than 30 seconds.
Your selection can’t be longer than 30 seconds, so make sure that the time from the “start” box to the “stop” box doesn’t exceed 30 seconds.
Click Edit (Windows) or iTunes (Mac). Click Preferences. . . . Click Import Settings. . . . Click the “Import Using” drop-down box, then click AAC Encoder. Click OK twice.
Click Edit (Windows) or iTunes (Mac). Click Preferences. . . . Click Import Settings. . . . Click the “Import Using” drop-down box, then click AAC Encoder. Click OK twice.
Windows — Enable file extension-viewing by clicking View at the top of File Explorer and checking the “File name extensions” box. Right-click the ringtone file, click Rename, then replace “. m4a” with “. m4r” (e. g. , a file named “yeet. m4a” would become “yeet. m4r”). Press ↵ Enter, then click OK when prompted. 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 (e. g. , a file named “yeet. m4a” would become “yeet. m4r”). Press ⏎ Return, then click Use . m4r when prompted.
If you don’t have GarageBand installed, you can download it from the App Store for free.
If GarageBand opens to a project, first tap the “Back” button in the top-left corner of the screen. If you instead see a list of folders and no ＋ in the top-right corner, tap Recents in the bottom-left corner of the screen before tapping ＋.
This is different than the large ＋ icon is in the bottom-left corner of the screen.
This will ensure that your track isn’t longer than 30 seconds.
The song must be stored on your iPhone’s storage and not just saved in your iCloud library.
The song must be stored on your iPhone’s storage and not just saved in your iCloud library.
If warned that your song needs to be shortened, tap Continue on the prompt before proceeding.
This may take a few minutes.
