In iTunes 12, Apple has changed the iTunes icon from blue to red ish. This article will guides you on how to make ringtones, alerts, text tones on iTunes 12 for iPhone X, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G, iPad 4, iPad 3, iPad 2, iPad mini, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, iPad Air, iPad Air 2, iPod touch 5, iPod touch 4, iPod touch 3 in macOS Sierra, OS X El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion, Snow Leopard, Leopard, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. The guide only works for making ringtones from iTunes supported audio files like MP3, AAC, M4A, WAV, ALAC. If you want to make ringtones video files or other audio files, refer to. If you cannot add music, songs, audio files to iTunes iTunes 12. Then continue the next steps to make ringtones with iTunes. Note: Make sure ringtones is no longer than 40 seconds, and text tones or alert tones is in 2-5 seconds or 5-30 seconds. Step 4: Create ACC Version Right-click on the song. Then click on file name and change the file extension to. Step 7: Add the. You can now sync it to iPhone as a ringtone or text tone. Step 8: Delete the m4a song you have just created in iTunes 12 Music library Optional Go back to iTunes Music Library. It must be an MP3. You should immediately see a new 30-second version of the song. Thank you for your comments. The guide only works for make ringtones from iTunes supported audio files like MP3, AAC, M4A, WAV, ALAC. You will need to click to highlight on the song and iTunes will list the song info below. If you want to make ringtones video files or other audio files, refer to. Thank you for your comments. Can you add the original music file from which you make the ringtone? If the original file can be added to iTunes, the. If it still does not work, please follow the steps again to try to make a another ringtone. This was an option in previous versions but it is no longer there. I too have performed all the steps numerous times. I have never had trouble in the past creating ringtones according to your directions above in any other previous version of iTunes — but trust me us — your instructions do not work for version 12. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your comments and info. Click the Import Settings button to see the Import Settings preferences. You can choose change the MP3 Encoder to AAC Encoder. Visit the step-by-step guide on how to. Did you left-click the mouse to highlight the song before you right-click the mouse to get the context menu? Thank you for your comments. Please make sure that ringtone is no longer than 40 seconds, and text tone or alert tone is in 2-5 seconds or 5-30 seconds. If you like to import your tunes as mp3 for example. Remember to go back into preferences and change back to that import setting after you have created the ringtone. They just come under Ringtones and yes I did make sure that the alert tones are for no more than 10 seconds each, some of them being just for 2 seconds. Please help me resolve this and once again Thank You so much for guide it was really helpful and a piece of cake to follow up the entire process!