Assigning music to tones

Can someone please guide me on how an audio file from the iTunes library can be assigned to create custom SMS alerts, Alarm tones and Ringtones? I can't imagine Apple would've overlooked such a dead basic feature, yet it seems to be an impossibility?

You can use Google or search here, or go to eHow and learn how to make custom ringtones from music. You can then use these for ringtones or alarms. You cannot create custom SMS alerts or email alerts.
Also, if you do a search about it, you can find lots of posts with just about every conceivable opinion about this, so there is no reason to add to it here. Tell Apple that you'd like to have the feature:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html
http://www.ehow.com/how2160460custom-iphone-ringtones-free.html

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How to assign a ring tone to a n97 mini on your co...

dear everyone
i am having problems assigning a ring tone to my wifes contact can anyone help?

Hi clarkpostie,
if you select your wife's contact, select options and edit. scroll down and you should see a detail named 'ringing tone'. Select this and it should then display the folders you have music in. From here pick the folder and tune you would like to associate with your wife and select 'done'.
Hope this helps.

How do I move a song from Music to Tones to make it my ringtone?

In my Itunes Library, how do I move a song from Music to Tones so I can make it my ringtone on my iphone

Right mouse click the song in music library you want to create ringtone and choose “Get Info”
Choose “Option” Tab, Check “Start Time” & Stop Time” of the track you want to make into ringtone and put in your start time and end time (Max 40 secs duration), then click OK
Right mouse click the mp3 again and choose “Create AAC Version”
You will see a copy of song with same name appeared but with 40sec duration only. Now drag the song onto your desktop and you will see the name is now xxxxxx.m4a.
Change the file extension m4a into m4r from the desktop
Delete the 40sec m4a file from the music library (You must do this step or Itune will not accept your new m4r file).
*Important - Now uncheck the start & stop time of the original song so that you can play back full length.
Now, drag the m4r file from desktop to Library
Click onto the Tones under Library, and you find you ringone file.
Note: Just in case you cannot "Create AAC version" from Step 3, go to top menu, click "Edit", "Preference". Under "general" Tab, click "Import Settings", make sure under Import Using that "AAC Encoder" is selected.

I have been buying music n tones for my iphone but since i change for the iphone 5 none of the old staff are in my new one eve i have safe it on icloud i just got my contact nothing else

i have been buying music n tones for my iphone but since i change for the iphone 5 none of the old staff are in my new one eve i have safe it on icloud i just got my contact nothing else i need some one helpe wt this issue cus i spend money and thing that i cant have back

adkennon wrote:
And maybe you don't talk to too many people but I've been on many forums on different websites where people have had similar problems and a lot of people in the store were having battery problems where they were draining too fast. What I learned is that all the people who did not download the updates are good. There phone is working the same. The people who have, they're having battery problems
I have downloaded every update and my battery life is better than any previous iPhone I have ever owned. I see posts from hundreds of people every day, and this is not a commonly reported problem. While there are a few random reports of battery problems, it is no more than I have seen for any other model or any other version of iOS in almost 8 years. Usually problems of rapid battery drain can be traced to bad apps (FaceBook is the worst offender) or corrupt data being synced from iCloud or other sources (gmail, Windows Live, Yahoo, etc).
The simple test is to restore the phone as New. Do not create any email accounts. Do not install any apps. Do not enable FaceTime or iMessage. Do not enable Twitter or any other social networking app. Use it for a day and check the battery usage. You will find that it is working well.
And also see this: http://www.overthought.org/blog/2014/the-ultimate-guide-to-solving-ios-battery-d rain. It is the best treatise I have seen on the subject of battery usage.

HT1937 in general setting for itunes wifi sync some how i got two folder first one the one i want :apps,movie, music, and tones some how i got second one is photo only, when i plug in it's only sync on 2nd one and not first one, i tried delete ituns and d

i had problem for my itunes wifi sync, in general setting itunes wifi sync, i got 2 folder name 1st one is one i want sync for app, movie,music and tones, somehow i got second one folder i dont want is photos only when plug into it only sync for photo the rest are gone on itunes screen and not sync, please help me how can i delete second one folder? i tried click on first one not moved and syns only sync on second one folder
thanks. i did try delete itunes and download back but still there, i tried restore iphone to itunes a few months back but itunes screen still on new second folder not the first one
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I own the movies and I want them to stay in my iTunes library basically forever.
But in both cases the file name no longer shows in the movie list, so I don't know how to re-download it from the Cloud.
iTunes prefs > Store > Show iTunes in the Cloud purchases.
This will show all your iTunes purchases in your library with a cloud icon down arrow. Click the icon to redownload or click on Play to stream without downloading.
Also see this , -> Download past purchases
and techncially, you don't "own" the movie, You simply have a license to use it.
Yet the first thing iTunes does when you hit the delete key is tell you that it will remove the movie forever from all devices and the library.
Actually, no it does not tell you that.
FYI: You should keep copies of all yoru iTnue spurahses as the labels/movie studios/copyright owners can pull their product at anytime and it won't be available to redownload.
Suggestions here -> http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Iphoto Slideshow Won't Assign Music

Ive searched the forums and tried all the reponses, but nothing has worked. I created a slideshow in iphoto (with most up to date software update). When I click to assign music, it will allow itunes to come up. I pick my music (from itunes), click ok. When I go to view the slideshow, no music. My older slideshow's will play music and even assign new music. What am I doing wrong here?

Hi, I'm just playing with my slideshow music uploads also. I'm just wondering and it may seem odd to ask but do you need to check your sound preferences or volume button to hear the music. Not sure I've assisted, my issue is around how to attach various different songs from my itunes to my one slideshow. I can attach and play the music but cannot as yet work out how to add several. Many thanks if you can help with this question?

Why if you try to send i photo album to apple tv assigned music does not play?

Why if you send album from i photo assigned music will not play on apple tv?

Are you sending an album or a slideshow? I don't think music can be assigned to an album.
Have you tried asking this question in the iPhoto forum (assuming it's an iPhoto question) or the AppleTV forum (if it's more a question about the AppleTV?).
Here's a link to the iPhoto forum:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ilife/iphoto
If you think it's an issue with your AppleTV, you can try asking your question here:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/appletv/appletv

Now I can't figure out how to assign the new tones to my contacts

I used the option "buy more" under ringtones on my iphone 5S. Now I can't figure out how to assign the new tones to my contacts. Help please!

Hello p618cg,
Congratulations on your new iPhone 5s! You can follow these steps to assign a ringtone to a contact:
Set a special ringtone for a contact.
In Contacts, choose a contact, tap Edit, then tap Ringtone. Select the ringtone you'd like to hear when that person calls.
iPhone Basics - Set a special ringtone for a contact
http://support.apple.com/kb/TI16
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

How To Assign Special sms Tone For Special Contact

Hi
i have nokia N70 , is there any way to assign special sms tone for special contact ?
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Unfortunately not.

Can I assign specific ring tones to certain contacts?

I would like to be able to assign specific ring tones to certain contacts; how do I do this (assuming it can be done)?

My phone has not arrived yet, but I would think you could solve this by doing these things.
Now lets just assume that you have ringtones A - Z
Set the phone to ring all the time with ring A
Then go into your contacts and set each person you know with ringtone B - Z (but you have to do this for each contact IN your phone) and you can't use A because you only want it to ring with that tone when someone you don't know is calling, right?
Then, when your phone rings with a private caller or from some # that is NOT in your contact list, it will ring A because you have assigned all other contacts either B - Z. The only difference would be that if "Joe" was calling from his office and the line out was different than the # you have in his contact, it would also ring tone A.
Of course, if you could download tones, it would be easier, but for now you can't. So, this is the only thing that would possibly work for now.
Did any of that make sense?

N8: How to assign custom SMS tone while keeping it...

The task is pretty much outlined in the topic title, but I'll still elaborate:
I want to assign Knock.aac (just a renamed Message 2.aac from my old N73) as a message tone, while keeping it hidden from the music library.
Hiding it is simple: I just put it to E:\Sounds\Simple and the library cannot see it. But what about assigning it as default tone for messages? When I open it via music player, the only option is to use it as the main ringtone, which is not what I want. When I open the Profile customisation screen and try to find it from there, it's simply nowhere to be found.
The only workaround I was able to find is putting it in E:\Sounds\Recordings as a .WAV file. This way it can be assigned as a Sound Clip. But I'd like to keep it .AAC or .MP3, and that's not possible in this workaround, because Sound Clips have to be .WAV, otherwise they can't be seen in the list.
Any ideas how to achieve this task in a civilized way?
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move it back to your gallery,then go to profiles and use the tone then move it back?
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Greyed Out Tones and Music. Tones won't Sync.

After restoring my new iPhone 6 from backup of an old iPhone 5 via USB, I added my tones and music to my phone. I have manually manage music checked off. When I checked my phone, I noticed that not all of the songs were there. I preceded to download a few new alert tones that day.
When I plugged my iPhone back into my computer and attempted to add the songs that weren't there, I noticed that a lot of the music that I had put on my phone was not showing as On My iPhone and that a bunch of greyed out songs with a grey circle icon next to them appeared as if the sync didn't finish. I deleted the greyed out songs, added the songs that were missing and then synced. The greyed out songs reappeared.
In order to get rid of the greyed out songs, I tried a bunch of the tricks I've seen on the forums. I unchecked manually manage music and resynced. I even restored from a backup. The grey songs still appear. Now, the tones that a recently downloaded appear greyed out as well. When I try to manually transfer them to my phone, they won't sync. Anything previously purchased before the backup is able to be deleted and re-added with no issues.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Using iPhone 6 with iOS 8, Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 with iTunes 11.4.

I have the same problem now and had it in the past. I had this on my 4s for more than a year. And hoped it would go away with a new phone.
Yesterday i bought my iphone 6, restored from backup. Was able to add a few songs (about 50) without issue. Then this morning i began adding about 6 gbs of songs and though it said it finished copying them I ended up with greyed out entries. I also got an error "56" something saying "can't sync." I've also had this problem accompanied by my iphone not being able to show the proper embedded art. and i mean the art actually part of the file not just in a folder. It simply wasn't reading the file. It was reading an incorrect directory of artwork that was associated with the wrong song for some reason. But i digress.
I fundamentally think the problem is our backups are bad. I've read before that completely erasing the and reverting to factory settings fixes it. Personally, though painful i'm going to do that. I took a risk choosing not to do that yesterday. I think something is corrupt and all i've done, is copy bad settings to a new phone. Because, i haven't factory reset my phone since i first got the 4s.
In the past i read tons of threads. I've read possible causes are unplugging during sync but i haven't done that as i've had this phone one day. I've tried full reinstall of all itunes, multiple versions of itunes from 10, 11, 12 etc. The problem remains. I've fully removed EVERY ounce of itunes even the hidden files and it didn't fix the problem and eventually the problem reoccurs. In fact even when i've gotten it to sync the greyed files the problem eventually occurs.
Some things i've tried that have helped. 1, through itunes, delete some greyed songs. That once got it to wake up and it copied the grey songs. Again the problem did return. 2, delete all the music on the phone and copy it back. Always had the problem reoccur.
The one thing i've never tried is a factory reset because i didn't want to lose ios 6 or some podcasts that were on my phone but were no longer available for download so i didnt' want to lose them. Later tonight i'm going factory reset my six, and delete ALL backups on my phone or in icloud (not exactly sure how i do this but i'm doing it lol). Then i'm going to start completely fresh.
Oh FYI, I manually manage music. I don't sync anything. I drag and drop 100% of media, i don't let itunes manage folders either. i'm on windows 7 ultimate sp1 32bit on a PC. Oh and i've had this issue on multiple windows 7 machines, and multiple versions of itunes. On ios 6 and ios 7.

Music library - tones

i recently transferred a load of music onto my new n97. most of the songs have gone into the music library. but some of them haven't. they are on my phone as i can use them as ringtones...there isn't any difference to the songs in terms of type of file etc.
does anyone know why they didn't go into the music library? and how i can transfer them into it?!
thanks

When you sync your iPhone are you telling iTunes to sync the tones?
Select your iPhone from the Devices list and then go to the 'Tones' option and make you choice.
You can also check in iTunes prefs>General - that the Show 'tones' option is checked so you can see your tones in iTunes.
MJ

Manually change where files sort to? Music to tones; music to audiobook; etc.

When I upload a file, itunes is so smart (or thinks it is), it automatically files it somewhere in my itunes. Usually in Music, occasionally in Movies, TV Shows, Apps, Audiobooks, or Tones.
Today, I downloaded a short audiofile that I want to use as a ringtone but itunes took it and put it in Music. I don't want it there.
Also I uploaded my Harry Potter audiobooks and as much as I LOVE having it to listen to at work, I also don't love that all the files loaded into my Music folder and when I put my music on shuffle, I get a good song and then I get a random buzz kill.
Is there a way to manually move these?

In iTunes, right click - get info, select the Options tab and set Media Kind: to what you want.
For the Ringtone, in the Finder, set the file extension to .m4r.

I was given a brand new iPhone yesterday and it wont play music, text tones or slide and keypad tones when it is on charge?

My iPhone was brand new yesterday. I took it home and put it on charge and when I went to play music it wouldnt play the sound even thought the song was playing. It also wouldnt let me listen to any tones when I went to change my text tone but if the phone rings then the ringtone will play. This is really frustrating, I had to get a brand new one as the one that I was given the day before had previously been blacklisted for some unknown reason. PLEASE HELP!!

Are you using the UsB/Charging lead that came with the iPhone
I have this issue when charging my phone in the car when using the lead supplied with the Head Unit.
This is due to the USB lead having the Audio connections present (for playing through the stereo)
The downside to this being that the phone will not play any sounds out of the built in speakers as all audio is routed through the stereo

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