iRing: Automator application for creating ringtones
We posted yesterday on the MacRumors tutorial on creating ringtones from your own music by changing the file extension. Well the guys over at applegazette have put together iRing a simple Automator application that, well, automates the process. Pretty much all it does is take the AAC file, change the extension, and put it into iTunes. Apparently iTunes has to be closed for it to work properly, but if you don't want to go through the rigamarole by hand, this might be handy.iRing is a free download from applegazette.
Update: Alas, events have overtaken this post (which was written the night before). The iTunes 7.4.1 update breaks the very vulnerability this uses. It's against our policy to remove posts, but we should note that this will only work with iTunes 7.4.
Update 2: Apparently the guys over at applegazette have updated iRing so that it works again with 7.4.1 (see the comment below)
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Fred said 12:08PM on 9-08-2007
Hello? Isn't this the very thing that iTunes 7.4.1 breaks? You know that story that's a little lower on this very page? Maybe I missed something?
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Tim said 12:11PM on 9-08-2007
Hasn't this been broken because of the 7.4.1 update?
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Achal Aggarwal said 1:52PM on 9-08-2007
It has been broken... the 7.4.1 workaround.
First, follow the steps of the original method
Create your ringtone, save it as an AAC file.
Rename the m4a extension to m4r.
Double-click to play in iTunes.
Now, if you're upgraded to 7.4.1
Go back and re-rename that m4r file back to m4a. That's it.
Plug in your iPhone and that ringtone will be added to your syncable ringtones list -- and it won't pop up the error from before.
via Engadget
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Tim said 2:17PM on 9-08-2007
To clarify the work around for 7.4.1, when re-naming the files, you need to drag them to your desktop, get info, change the file format, then drag it back into the ringtones folder. If you modify them while in the ringtones folder, this WILL NOT WORK.
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Michael said 2:39PM on 9-08-2007
A new version of iRing has been created that ranames the file back to an m4a after it imports it into your iTunes Ringtone folder.
It's at the same link in the article above.
Let us know what you think...and if you have any problems!
Michael
Apple Gazette
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Jeff said 8:13PM on 9-09-2007
Ring2 does not work. How does it change the file extension back to m4a? Am I supposed to move it to the ringtones folder or import it into iTunes?
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Jeff said 8:15PM on 9-09-2007
I see where it creates the m4r file, but then what am I supposed to do?
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Tubby Bartles said 9:33PM on 9-09-2007
iRing2 *doesn't work* unless you already created ringtones the old way. If you are trying to create a new ringtone for the first time on 7.4.1, then iRing just drops some random files in the main iTunes directory and nothing happens.
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Jeff said 10:50AM on 9-10-2007
That's an interesting detail I hadn't noticed ;)
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