HOW-TO MAKE YOUR OWN FREE RINGTONES IN iTUNES With a couple quick adjustments and an easy filename switch, you can turn any of your favorite songs into 4 ringtone for nothing except a few minutes of your time! We're totally behind Apple's “Make It Easy” mantra—except when it comes to spending money to buy ringtone versions of our favorite tunes by using the Create Ringtone feature in iTunes 9 (Store > Create Ringtone on a Mac or PC). The solution: Take songs in your iTunes. ‘music library that you've ripped from purchased CDs—or bought 13s DRM-free files from the iTunes Store since Apple lifted its ital copyright restrictions last summer—and with a quick file-format conversion and filename change, you can fll your ringtones folder with all of your favorites—from Run OMC's “Mary Mary” for your fiend Mary to Blondie’s “Call Me” for your BFF wha always forgets to call wnen she says she's going to. BY THE MACILIFE STAFF >> Tunes 9 (free, wwwapple.com/ itunes) >» MP3s or other song files not protected by ORM >> Mac or PC > iPhone Choose Your Tune iniunes, find te song you want to turn into a ringtone in your Musi folder. Remember It mst be a ile you've ripped from a CO you own, nota song you purchased from the Tunes tore—uness of course you bought it since last summer, after Apple removed ORM protection from ts music selection inthe store, in which case, proceed. T finda song file's format ‘uichly, selec tn your Musclist and press Commaneon a Mac or Control ona PC to get the e's nf. The box that appears shows you the song's filetype, location and other Getalis. Look forthe fle extension mda (or songs purchased {rom the Tunes Store) or mp2. Songs that ae protected by Apple's DRM will have the extension map and cannot be tured nto tree ringtones using tis method >>>BA MIL thane Hantbok We 2010 —— er ee2 Set the Ringtone Selection and Length Piay the song and 2st plays, watch the played a the top ofthe window and jot down when the part ofthe song you went ane 28ringtone starts and stops. Ringtones canbe longer then a0 Seconds, But we ke toe on the very sate ide and keep then to 20 seconds max. Plus, theyre longer than that, it can gets ite ‘meena Yor anyone near you when your phone stars “inging. = Pull up Get Info onthe song again (Command on aise Control on aPC) and cick the Option tab, Check the hoes next. | {0Start Time nd Stop Time andin the lst the right of eceh type inthe tart and stop times ofthe portion ofthe song ye ant ouse as your ringtone using the minutesseconds toma, {or example 135 for minut, 35 seconds or 0:42 for 42 seconae i Click ok. 's Cray" rnatone starts a 104 and stops a fe The “epee est | | a8 describedin he next step 3 Save It to the Right Format and add it to Your Ringtones Nth the song selected in your Music st, ightclckand select Create AAC Version If Youre working ona Mac and don't have rahe enabled, in Tunes select Advanced > Create AAC Version intTunes on a Mac, the new ringtone ile wll appear in your music Ist probably just above the orignal Grab it and dag ontoyore Desktop. Now find the file and. change its extension to mér. In Snow Ls Leopard, you'll getacalog box asking yout you're sure you want vo ‘Are you sure you want to change the | | Penge tne extension cick Use mar | ‘extension from “méa" to “mar? | On a Windows PC, ater you create the AAC fle wth your | Wyo rahe che, Stotened sons, you might have to lok forthe en yoo siti re opto loviteaetotslwhenenekisyislethYovcntoowtie | tame tps as above ard drag te rg atone version ofthe song onto Geom Cima) Your Deskiop.orYoucan manualygrab the lewherescean: | Your computer To determin its cation, ores Conte one ear ror selection nt at the btiom, next o "Where Noviges ear tele scopy to your Desktop, change ts erensonto eae Finaly ona Mac or, rag ine te whose extension You at hanged inte an open iTunes window to addi to your Ringtones folder, Your document may open in ng out for vou, OS X Snow Lee roan SY our Phone and your computer (be sure Sync au AEA the fe Ringtones i selected onthe Ringtones tab, your new ringtone wil, epee a8 an epton when you goto eat a contac or when youtop Settings > Sounds, ll ask yout you're sure you ‘extension Why yes, yes you are ite 2010 Phone HandbookMake Your Own Free Ringtones in iTunes (cont.) Fis] | Vik | Sowrp| Oper Lves [Ate Wee Fant 207 Sito Seaze Thelen ign Suh) New Soul RT a ew Pf nce | cates cede ams hon 4 Paper Planes RT eae aetayede e095 Ringa-Ringa-Ringa She's Crafty TOP RINGTONE MAKER APPS ener ete tee cata een aa Reece ee ee ener ee eer tg Mac 0 x Cen eee Pe ce ee eT ee) PocketMac RingtoneStudio for iPhone ($14.95, www.pocketmac.net) Coren Se WC ee Cu ee oe moe een) 86 IL hove Hanock ringtone for wnen