Following Apple’s release of iTunes 7.4 last week (which enables the re-purchase of songs for 99ยข to use as iPhone ringtones) it was quickly discovered that it was rather easy to trick the app into synching non-purchased ringtones onto the handset. In iTunes 7.4 the workaround involves simply duplicating the AAC (MP4) track you want to use as a ringtone and setting your own start/ finish points in the track (use ‘Get Info’ in iTunes), then changing the file extension from M4A to M4R.
Upon realising what was going on, Apple quickly released iTunes 7.4.1 to claw back some cash address the issue. However, as reported by Engadget, there’s another, equally simple workaround: simply re-re-name the M4R files to M4A and they’ll be synched to your iPhone once more.
Expect iTunes 7.4.2 to be released in, ooh, about a day from now…
