Make free Ringtone for iPhone 5 Via iTunes

There are many ways for us to get ringtone for our new iPhone, the iPhone 5, such as transfer ringtone from iPhone 4S to iPhone 5, free download ringtone for iPhone 5 from some free ringtone sites, buy ringtone from iTunes, or make ringtone with iPhone ringtone maker. Actually, they are all good ways for people to get ringtone for iPhones, including the iPhone 5. But, I just would like to share the way to get free ringtones for iPhone 5 by making ringtone via iTunes (DIY).

iPhone 5 Ringtone

Since from iTunes 10, we are not able to find the feature to create ringtone for iPhone on iTunes, but there is still a method for us to make ringtone via iTunes for our iPhone, and obviously, that is also suitable for creating ringtone for iPhone 5.

So in order to make free ringtone for iPhone 5 via iTunes, the things below we should be prepared beforehand:
 iTunes 10.7,  computer (Windows computer or Mac), a song

Now, let's start!

1st Step, Open iTunes, and add song in.

Add song into iTunes

2nd Step, Right click on the song to choose "Get Info", then you'll get the properties of the song.

Select Get Info

3rd Step, Select "Options" tab, check and set "Start Time" and "Stop Time" to cut the portion of the song we want to make as ringtone, when it get ready to confirm it by clicking "OK" button on the bottom.

 Note: Please ensure the time length no longer than 30 seconds, else iTunes will not recognise it as ringtone.

Set Start Time and Stop Time

4th Step, Right click on the song again to choose "Create AAC Version".

Create AAC Version

5th Step, Then iTunes will automatically extract the portion of the song we set in 4th step, and the extracted music file is 30 seconds in time length.

Extract the portion of the song you set

6th Step, Now right click on the 30 seconds length song to choose "Show in Windows Explorer", that will make you to locate this file with Windows Explorer.
Note: If you are on Mac, please choose "Show in Finder", as here I work on Windows computer.

Show in Windows Explorer

7th Step, Rename the file extension from ".m4a" to ".m4r" or just convert this .m4a file to .m4r file directly.

Change .m4a to .m4r

Convert .m4a file to .m4r directly

Note: Sometimes you may find it's difficult to change a file extension from one to another, so in this situation, you need to uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" in Tools-->Folder options-->View tab, then you are able to change file extension from one to another. 

Uncheck "Hide extension for known file types

8th Step, Back to iTunes, right click on the 30 seconds length song we created in 5th step and select "Delete".

Delete the 30 seconds length song from iTunes library

9th Step, Click "Delete Song", and then click "Keep File" , thus, the song will be deleted from iTunes library but the actual song (30 seconds length) still keep.

Keep the actual file but delete it from iTunes library

10th Step, Back to Windows Explorer to open the renamed .m4r song file with iTunes, then it can be added to iTunes Tones library directly, then you can sync it to iPhone 5 with iTunes for your new ringtone enjoyment!

The .m4r ringtone added to iTunes Tones library automatically

The 10 steps form an entire process for you to make free ringtone for iPhone 5 , and which is suitable for iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 , iPhona 3G and other iPhones too.

And you can also download free iPhone 5 ringtone from free ringtone download sites like

• http://www.free-ringtones.cc/
• http://www.zedge.net/?updPhone=5937

Or you can buy ringtones for iPhone from Ringtones for iPhone (iTunes).

And Additionally, there is a video for you to make iPhone 5 free ringtone with iAm Ringer.

 

Tips:

If you do not know how to make Ringtone or Tones tab display in iTunes library, please open iTunes then go to "Edit-->Preferences-->General" to check "Tones", then click "OK" to confirm, then the Ringtone or Tones tab will appear in iTune library.

Diaplay Tones Tab in iTunes library

 If there any problem for you to make iPhone 5 ringtone, just feel free to comment at below.

How to Transfer iTunes M4V Videos to Android and Windows Phone

iTunes supports .MOV, .MP4, .M4V format videos well, and usually the .M4V movies on iTunes are DRM protected, it means we can't play them on our computer without authorizing (with iTunes account,the Apple ID for buying or renting that M4V movies or videos), and the same, we aren't able to transfer or sync that iTunes .M4V movies to our Android phones like Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X or Sony Xperia S, and Windows Phone like Nokia Lumia 710, Lumia 800, Lumia 900 or even the upcoming Lumia 820 and Lumia 920. So how to transfer iTunes M4V movies or videos to Android Phone and Windows Phone?

I think the key to make it possible to transfer iTunes M4V movies or videos to Android or Windows Phone is remove DRM from iTunes .M4V movies or videos, and then convert the iTunes M4V movies or videos to WMV or AVI for Windows phones, to MP4 with H.264 codec for Android phones. So there are some things we need to do before we can transfer or sync the iTunes DRM protected M4V movies to Samsung Galaxy S3 or Nokia Lumia 900.

And you may find there are many ways we can remove DRM from iTunes M4V movies, and then convert them to AVI, WMV or MP4 format ,then sync or transfer them to our Android or Windows devices.

But at here, the way I get is use a video converter which can remove DRM from iTunes .M4V videos and convert iTunes M4V videos to AVI, WMV or MP4 format at the same time. Actually, It is come from DRM Removal-How to Remove DRM From Protected iTunes Videos on Youtube. Now , the following are just the steps of how to transfer iTunes DRM protected .M4V videos to Android and Windows Phone.

Remove DRM from iTunes .M4V Video & Convert iTunes .M4V Video to Other Fromats(Part 1)

Step1, Load the iTunes video in the tool, you'll find the DRM protected video will be marked with a lock icon,which means we haven't authorize this iTunes .M4V video and we can't convert it before we authorize it.

Input iTunes .m4v video in

Step2, Set suitable output format for our devices, for Windows phone, we need to set the output format as AVI or WMV; for Android phone, we need to set the output format as MP4 (H.264 codec), and then to click on Start button to start to convert iTunes .M4V video, then this tool will trigger iTunes to open automatically to authorize this .M4V video with your Apple ID, then it will be able to convert the .M4V video to the format you just set.

iTunes opened automatically to authorize this .m4v video

 Transfer the Converted and DRM Removed .M4V Video to Android or Windows Phone(Part 2)

For Android phone, like Samsung Galaxy S3, we can connect it to computer, and then open the video or movie folder in it on our computer, and then we can drag and drop the converted and DRM removed iTunes .M4V video to it directly.

For Windows phone, we can connect Windows phone, like Nokia Lumia 900, to Zune, and then add the converted and DRM removed iTunes .M4V video to Zune to sync it to Nokia Lumia 900.

Zune

 

3 Methods to Transfer Files from iPhone to Another iPhone

How to transfer files from iPhone to another iPhone? This may have became a serious problem for more and more people,as more and more people have both iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4S, or iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S, ( Also iPhone 4 and iPhone 5, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 in the near future),  they need to transfer files from one iPhone to another iPhone when they get both iPhone at the first time or with a sudden, such as transfer files from iPhone 3GS to iPhone 4, transfer files from iPhone 3GS to iPhone 4S , transfer files from iPhone 4 to iPhone 4S ( The same transfer files from iPhone 4 to iPhone 5, transfer file from iPhone 4S to iPhone 5 in the near future). And this often happen between two persons who own iPhone, although they have only single iPhone. So get to know how to transfer files from iPhone to another iPhone seems more and more important, at least I believe so.

In order to make as many as possible persons are able to transfer their files from one iPhone to another iPhone, there will be 3 ways listed below, which all are my personal experiences.

Method One, Use iCloud to Transfer Files from iPhone to iPhone (The Easiest Way)

 

iCloud is just the cloud service from Apple, which allow people to upload their files from iOS devices to iCloud, then people can get the files from iCloud on their any iOS devices and computer with the same Apple ID. So with iCloud, which will make the way of transferring your files from iPhone to another iPhone become easy.

In this way, which need you to set up iCloud on both your iPhones (like iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4S), then you'll find you can download the iPhone files from iCloud to another iPhone easily after you push the files from one iPhone to iCloud.

And this way is suitable for people to transfer purchased music, videos, TV shows, ebooks and movies, and also the calender, contacts from iPhone to another iPhone under the same iTunes account.

And with this way , you need to know How to Set Up iCloud on iPhone. 

Method Two, Use iTransfer to Transfer Files from iPhone to iPhone (The Best Way)

 

iTransfer is the known assistant of  iTunes, with iTranser, which can allow you to transfer music, photos, videos and ebooks from one iPhone to another iPhone, no matter purchased items or unpurchased items, but calender and contacts.

In this way, which need you to install iTransfer on your computer (Only works on Windows computer so far), iTransfer will remind you to install the latest iTunes on your computer in the installing process. And then you can plug both iPhones to iTransfer, find them from iTransfer bar from the left (similar to iTunes bar), click on one iPhone which contains the files you want to transfer and find the files to right click on the files to choose "Transfer to (another) iPhone", then the files can be transferred from one iPhone to another iPhone soon.

And this way is suitable for those who want to transfer unpurchased songs, videos ,photos and ebooks between two iPhones under different iTunes account, and also the purchased songs, videos,photos and ebooks under the same iTunes account.

And with this way, you need to install iTransfer on your computer (Note:iTransfer can only works on Windows computer)

Method Three, Use iTunes to Transfer Files from iPhone to iPhone (The Common Way)

iTunes is the official tool from Apple for people to sync files from computer to iPhone, which also is a great tool for people to transfer files from iPhone to another iPhone.

In this way, we need to transfer files from one iPhone to iTunes first, the method is like below.

Step1, Go to devices preferences on iTunes;

Step2, Check the option "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically";

Step3, Connect the iPhone which contains the files you want to transfer, go to 'File' menu on iTunes to choose "Transfer Purchases from iPhone".

Then the purchased things can be transferred to iTunes soon, then connect your another iPhone to iTunes , then to sync it with iTunes, then the files from the previous iPhone will be transferred to this iPhone soon.

And in this way, as the same as iCloud, you can only transfer purchased music, videos ,photos and ebooks, and also the calender and contacts between two iPhones under the same iTunes account.

So, these are just the 3 methods to transfer files from iPhone to another iPhone with my experiences, hopes it can help those who are not know how to transfer files between multiple iPhones.