Make free ringtones with your Macbook

As is probably clear by now, I recently aquired myself a Macbook Pro. Still being reletively new, I love playing with it, and finding new things to do. Here’s one thing I think is great, and saves a ton of money. Not that I’ve ever paid for a ringtone, but if I paid for the number of ringtones I now have, I’d be broke.
So what you need is a Razr and your Macbook Pro or Macbook. I’m sure you can do this on other bluetooth enabled phones, but since I’ve got a Razr, that’s what I’m gonna use.

First you have to make sure bluetooth is turned on in your phone. If you’re not sure, go to the menu, go to settings, connection, bluetooth link, Find Me. Hit Find Me, so your phone will become discoverable for 60 seconds.
Now on your Macbook go to the system preferences and find Bluetooth, under Hardware. Go into the Devices tab. Click on Set Up A New Device…
Go ahead and select Mobile Phone. The Assistant should find “Motorolla Phone”, unless you’ve already renamed it. Select it and continue to pair the device. You’ll be presented with a passkey to enter. Enter it and continue. When you’re asked to bond with your computer, select Yes.
Back in the Bluetooth menu, under the sharing tab, make sure all the sharing options are on.

Now that your phone and computer are connected, you’re going to want to put on some ringtones. You’re probably not going to want to use a whole song for a ringtone, so you’ll need some software to chop it down. Audacity is a great free sound editor that I always use to make my ringtones. Just find open the song you want to make a ringtone, select the section of the song you want to use, trim it, and export it as an mp3.

Once you have that final mp3 that you’re going to put on your phone, find the Bluetooth icon on the top right of your screen, near the sound icon and time. Drop it down, and go to Browse Device… Select your phone and open it up. You’ll see a folder labeled audio. All you’ve gotta do is dropped that mp3 in the audio folder, let it transfer, and you’ve got yourself a free ringtone!