How to Extract Purchased Ringtones from iPhone

How to Extract Purchased Ringtones from iPhone

Naturally, your first plan of action would be to investigate whether or not iTunes can properly handle this. The short answer is “yes”, but not without its complications and limitations.
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Step 1: Make sure the computer that you’re using has been properly authorized to play your iTunes Store purchases. You can grant authorization to your computer by going to “Account > Authorizations > Authorize This Computer” on your iTunes and click “Authorize”.



Step 2: Using your iPhone USB charging adapter, connect your device to your computer through a free USB port.

Step 3: Once your device has been recognized by iTunes, go to “File > Devices > Transfer Purchases from [your device]”.



This will help you to extract all the purchased files from iPhone to your iTunes library, including music, movies, audiobooks, TV shows, ringtones and more.Sponsor ads:iPhone/iPad Keeps Restarting? Here’s the Fix!

Disadvantages of Using iTunes:


iTunes will only support tones that were purchased through the official iTunes Store. This severely limits your freedom when it comes to tones that you created yourself or customized from a purchased source.


Furthermore, there has been various reports of bugs and critical errors within iTunes that has resulted in major data loss and unwanted erasures.


You can’t selectively extract only the specific ringtones from iPhone.


Transferring all the purchased files from iPhone may cause lots of duplicate files on your iTunes library.

While iTunes limitations are continually growing more apparent and restrictive, countless third-party developers are adapting and designing intuitive alternatives that get the job done more efficiently. In my experience iMyFone TunesMate iPhone Transfer not only does a better job completing this task, but this application grants far more freedom to the user and offers a much simpler layout.