If ituner is scriptable one could write a applescript to do the job!?

As i have not iPhone yet (germany) i can't but would do it if i had one! ;-)

Yep, they know about it and are working on a fix as I type this. I'll probably wait to update iTunes until iToner is updated first.

While iTunes initially wiped out my custom ringtones, new tones loaded with iBrickr remain after a sync (with “Sync Ringtones” unchecked).

Yes, they know about it and suggested to hold off on the iTunes upgrade until their fix is out. You've got to give Ambrosia credit for handling this right: their tech support picked up the phone and answered the question.

I've yet to find a song on iTunes or in my personal collection that can be turned into ringtone yet. Even the example on the apple site can't be made into a ringtone yet. Maybe this feature isn't live right now?

Steve said the ringtone part of iTunes will not be activated until next week.

I downloaded iTunes 4.3 this morning. I connected my iPhone and saw a quick "sync" happening. I have iTunes set to not automatically sync. Now this quick sync wiped out all my iToner ringtones.

So, you don't even have to do a sync. All you have to do is connect your iPhone and start iTunes.

Is anyone else having general sync issues with 7.4..? It will sync music OK, but if I have anything on the 'Info' tab checked, it just sits there with the stripey bar, not actually doing anything. I've tried restarting the iphone and that didn't help...

What really chaps my butt is the fact that Apple's Ringtone Maker can not be used with your own personal CD's that you have ripped into iTunes. On top of that, Apple is going to charge us an additional .99 cents for a song that you already own or are going to own. Apple lets us down again, in favor of making more money off us. Thank goodness that iToner has come to save the day. The newest version of iTunes only eraces your iToner ringtones if you have the sync options selected. Once you disable this option you should be ok as long as you do not want any of Apple's Ringtones.

Sorry Aerwin, but it's not so. Even if you disable the option, it erases any ringtones which you set via iToner.

While it's true you can use iToner to reapply the ringtones, if you have 20 or 30 contacts with custom ringtones and have to reapply them every time you sync, it gets really old, really fast.

Well, not an issue anymore. Ambrosia Software released iToner 1.0.1 which fixes the software so that it works with iTunes 7.4.

Problem solved!

I stand corrected, Paul you are correct. Thank goodness Ambrosia Software realeased iToner 1.0.1 or I would be manual changing all my contanct ringtones as Paul indicated. Way to go Ambrosia!!

What is going on? I have 3 songs available for ringtones? I thought there was 500,000 floating around out there?

I actually don't mind paying the label/artist/owner of a song extra for ringtone use. I think it's actually fair. The music makers of the world should be compensated because the digital revolution has give them the shaft.

Also I don't want to get caught in the middle of Apple and Ambrosia's war. Apple will win eventually and iToner will not work.

But why can't I find more songs????????

Two points. 1. Why is it fair for Apple to charge me for a ringtone of music I have already paid for? The artist was already compensated. 2. Why can't I make my own ringtone? I am a hack musician and have made a few mp3's. That artist deserves no compensation, believe me.

Naw, Apple's decision to do this is a blantant money grab. Reminds me of why Apple lost the PC wars. Always had the better product, but never figured out the marketplace.

Finally, from what I read, iToner still does not work as of Jan 26. When it does, I will be happy to buy it, and will convert mp3's to ringtones without guilt.