Cannot add ringtone - weird problem

So I'm running Mac OS Snow leopard, and iTunes 10.5 with an iPhone 4Gs. In iTunes' preferences I have sources / Ringtones checkbox checked.
I have an .m4r ringtone that I created. When I drag this file into the iTunes library, the library gets the "grayed" as if is Ok to drop it, but when I drop it nothing happens, my ringtones folder remains empty and nothing is added.
What is really strange is that, I was trying to show a friend the problem, he has iTunes 10.5 but on a PC, and I use the exact same ringtone file and procedure, but it worked flawlessly on his machine. I also tried it with my windows computer at work, and again no issues whatsoever.
This is driving me a little crazy, anyone out there with any ideas what I could do ? (that doesn't involve switching to windows)

Hi there !
I did find a solution that worked for me: use GarageBand. I know is weird because the ringtone works on other machines as I said (Mac and PC), but this worked for me....
Try this:
First, if you already have your ringtones as .m4r files, rename them to have .mp4 extensions
Open garageband
on the intro screen, select iPhone ringtone from the left, and double click on Voice on the right side
put a name on it, click create
drag and drop the .mp4 to either of the voice tracks (it won't let you drag and drop .m4r files, you need to rename to mp4 first as I said above)
From the top menu go Share / Send ringtone to iTunes
enjoy
I don't understand why but it worked for me, good luck!

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