If you have a favorite iTunes M4P song and you want to use it as your iPhone ringtone, you may encounter a problem, for the iTunes M4P music has the DRM and the iPhone ringtone does not support the M4P format. Therefore, you need to convert iTunes music to M4R for iPhone ringtone. You can take advantage of a professional iTunes music converter to help you to get rid of this issue. The following contents will tell you about M4R files format and how to create iPhone ringtones (M4R files) from songs in iTunes in detail.

Part 1: Know About M4R

M4R file is a kind of iTunes Ringtone file. This file type can be created and copied to an iPhone to perform as a custom ringtone. With the M4R format, the custom iTunes Ringtones are in fact the .M4A files that have been renamed with the extension of .M4R. This renaming intends to tell apart the different purposes of them. M4R files can be used in the iTunes program of iDevices. If the M4R files have no DRM, they can be opened using VLC software freely and probably a few other media players. If you would like to listen to M4R ringtone with other programs, you can have a try to rename the .M4R extension to .MP3 before you click to open the file. Almost all media players can identify the MP3 files but they probably can not load files with the extension of .M4R. You should also know that if the M4R files are created with a third-party program or downloaded online probably does not contain the DRM. These files can be used by other tools like the VLC media player.

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Part 2: How to Convert iTunes M4P Music to M4R

If you want to turn iTunes music into M4R ringtone, first you need to use an iTunes music converter to help you to remove DRM and convert M4P to MP3 beforehand. Here I strongly recommend you use Leawo Prof. DRM. After that, you need to use a program to assist you to convert the MP3 audio file to M4R for iPhone Ringtone. In this guidance, I suggest you take advantage of Leawo Video Converter to achieve your aim. With the assistance of the two professional tools, you will be able to create iPhone ringtones (M4R files) from songs in iTunes without any difficulty.

2.1: Remove DRM and Convert M4P to MP3 with Leawo Prof. DRM

As for how to convert iTunes music to M4R for iPhone ringtone, you can use the powerful iTunes music converter —Leawo Prof. DRM to help you to deal with this issue. Leawo Prof. DRM is an effective program that can remove DRM protection and convert iTunes M4P music, M4V video and M4B audiobook files into the file format that you want to use on other devices or for other purposes. It is able to process iTunes DRM videos, audio books, and music to meet your various needs. With a few clicks, you can get the output files with the original quality. This is a quite good feature and its speed is quite high, which can save you a lot of time. Now you can navigate to download this amazing tool to help you. Follow me to have a look at the detailed steps shown below.

Step 1: Add iTunes music to Leawo Prof. DRM

In the main window, find the button of "Add Files" to click on to add the iTunes M4P music files to the software to begin the primary process to convert iTunes music to M4R for iPhone ringtone. This software allows you to add several files at a time. It also allows you to delete wrong files by clicking of the "Clear" button.

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Step 2: Set parameters for the output music

Find the editing button next to the music and set the detailed parameters, such as the channel, bit rate, and sampling rate for the song.

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Step 3: Set an output directory

You need to choose a specific folder to save the music files when the conversion comes to an end.

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Step 4: Remove DRM from iTunes songs and convert M4P to MP3

At the bottom of the interface, you need to click on the green button "Convert" to begin to remove DRM from iTunes songs, and convert the M4P format into MP3 at the same time. A panel will show you the percentage process clearly. You just need to wait for the completion of this procedure.

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Note: A dialog may show up to ask you to trust this computer. Use you Apple ID and password to continue the process.

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Step 5: Check the converted MP3 files

When you find the conversion process is over, you can find the "Converted" panel in the interface to see all the converted MP3 files. If you want to open the output MP3 file, you can tap the "Open file" button to make it. You can also use the rapid searching bar to help you to find your target file quickly.

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After you have referred the 5 steps shown above to remove DRM from iTunes M4P music songs and convert iTunes music to MP3, you need to make use of Leawo Video Converter to convert MP3 file to M4R file for iPhone ringtone. As for the detailed instructions on how to make it, you can check out the following contents to make your goal come true.

2.2: Convert MP3 Audio File to M4R for iPhone Ringtone with Leawo Video Converter

The most useful method is to make use of Leawo Video Converter to convert MP3 to M4R for iPhone ringtone. This software is seen as a powerful MP3 to M4R converter for it can convert MP3 to M4R rapidly with no quality loss. It also allows users to convert videos and audios between all popular formats like AVI, MP4, MOV, MP3, AAC, FLAC, etc. What's more, its editing functions are also rich, including setting the audio volume, adding image/text watermark, rotating video for special angle. Now you can download and install this professional tool first and then refer to the tutorial below to assist you to convert MP3 to M4R successfully.

   

Step 1: Add the converted MP3 files to Leawo Video Converter.

Run Leawo Video Converter and click on the "Add Video" button to add the MP3 files you have just converted from iTunes music to continue to solve how to convert iTunes music to M4R for iPhone ringtone. You can also drag and drop them to the interface directly.

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Step 2: Set M4R as output format

Afterwards, you need to tap a drop-down panel at the right side of "Add Photo" button and choose "Change" tab to select "M4R" as output format from the "Common Audio" panel under the menu of "Format".

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Step 3: Set parameters for output files

Tap on the "Edit" button to se the parameters for the output files in detail, such as the audio code, the sample rate, the bit rate and the channel.

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Step 4: Convert MP3 to M4R

Find the "Convert" button and then choose a folder on your computer to save the converted files on the popup panel. After that, you can click another "Convert" button at the bottom of the interface to begin to convert MP3 to M4R.

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When this process is finished, the M4R files will be available on your computer. After that, you need to find a solution to transfer them to your iPhone as the iPhone Ringtone. Now you can continue to read the third part of this guidance to help you to convert iTunes music to M4R for iPhone ringtone completely after the two converting processes.

Part 3: Sync Converted M4R File to iPhone with iTunes for iPhone Ringtone

After the iTunes songs have been converted to M4R files, you can play them in the library of iTunes normally. Thus, you can take advantage of iTunes to transfer the converted files to iPhone to realize your goal easily. The sync function of iTunes will help you to make it without any difficulty. Now let's follow the simple steps listed below to know how to sync converted M4R files to iPhone with iTunes for iPhone ringtones.

Step 1. Using a suitable USB cable to connect iPhone with computer and then run iTunes app with the latest version on your computer.

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Step 2. Move to "File > Add File to library" or "File > Add Folder to Library" to select the converted M4R files on your computer and add them to iTunes library.

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Step 3. Tap the iPhone icon in the main interface and choose the "Tones" tab under the menu of "Settings > Summary". After that, you need to check the boxes for the M4R files you would like to sync to iPhone. You can choose to check "All tones" or "Selected tones" for your convenience. In the end, you can click on the "Sync" button to transfer ringtones to iPhone via iTunes. Thus, the synced M4R files will be available on iPhone as ringtones automatically.

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Note: Before you start the sync process, you need to click on "Devices" option under the menu of "Preferences". Choose "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically" to check.

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The contents above have stated the method to create iPhone ringtones (M4R files) from songs in iTunes clearly. It is not hard for you to handle, and you just need to refer to every step in this guidance one by one to realize your goal perfectly. You can now download Leawo Prof. DRM and Leawo Video Converter to have a try to get your favorite iPhone ringtones with the help of iTunes as well.