That's what I would've thought, Jessica. But I don't think it works anymore. I've done it for years, but since yesterday, I've tried it several times with several different files and it has not worked in a single case. Best, Donna Sent from my iPhone On Sep 15, 2013, at 12:19 PM, jessica brown <justforlistmessages531@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Renaming from m4a to m4r should be enough. You should not need to convert. I > use .m4a files and rename them to .m4r all the time and it never fails. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donna Goodin <doniadonna@xxxxxx > To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date sent: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 10:57:29 -0500 > Subject: accessible-iOS Re: can't create ringtones > > Tried that. This is so incredibly lame. Thanks for the suggestion, though. > Donna > On Sep 15, 2013, at 10:53 AM, covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > I wonder if you could rename after import? > > Donna Goodin <doniadonna@xxxxxx> wrote: > > That has to be the stupidest thing I've ever seen come out of Apple. Oh, > well, thanks. > Donna > On Sep 15, 2013, at 10:26 AM, Jessica D <jldail13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Because renaming the file extention does not convert the file. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 15, 2013, at 10:47 AM, Donna Goodin <doniadonna@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Why? > On Sep 15, 2013, at 9:27 AM, Jessica D <jldail13@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > You'll need to use garage bannd, this is what I I had to do. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 15, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Donna Goodin <doniadonna@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > > this may be more of a Mac issue, but since it relates to my phone, I'm hoping > someone on this list will have an answer. > I have always created ringtones by setting the start and stop position for > the chunk of the song that I want to use, create a file with that chunk of > the song, and then change the extension from M4a to M4R and import. this has > worked ever since I first got my phone. I've been trying to make new > ringtones since yesterday, and every time I try to import them back into > iTunes, iTunes just changes the extension back to M4A and imports it as a > song rather than a ringtone. Does anyone know what's up with this? 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