How to convert songs to ringtones?

On iTunes I paid for Beatles songs that were labelled as ringtones.  I changed the extension to .m4r on a couple but they are too long to be used as ringtones.  How do I take a chunk of a song and convert it (shorten it) suitably to be used as a ringtone?  I am using a Mac computer.

I used this ringtone trick and it worked for me plenty of times before but now it does not seem to work.
~I selected the options tab
~I clicked start and stop buttons and hit ok
~I created AAC version
~I showed in folder
~I renamed .m4r and dragged it back into iTunes
Usually at this point it'll play under the "Tones" tab on the left, but now it only plays under "Music" and i cant drag it into my iPhone or into "Tones"
I just updated to iOS6. Could this be a problem? I really cant figure it out. It was originally a .wav then i converted to .mp3 since that always worked for me. I used this a lot in the past and now im not sure why it doesnt work. HELP!
i am running on macbook pro 10.8.1 and itunes 10.6.3

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