You can make M4R ringtones out of M4A music files using Apple iTunes. You might need to rename M4A files to MP4 in some versions of the program though.
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Conversion of m4a file format to m4r file format beta
Search for m4a to m4r converter or software able to handle these file types.
Convert MPEG-4 compressed audio to Apple iPhone ringtone format.
We have found 8 software records in our database eligible for .m4a to .m4r file format conversion.
Microsoft Windows software 
- convert m4a to m4r on Windows
Apple iTunes for Windows
Multimedia file manager and library for Apple users
File extension | Convert | Open | Save | Edit | Create | Import | Export | Extract |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Convert from m4a file | Yes, Apple iTunes for Windows supports m4a file conversion as a source file type. | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
to m4r file | Yes, Apple iTunes for Windows supports m4r file conversion as a target file type. | Yes | Yes | m4r editor | Yes | No | Yes | No |
The tables with software actions are a good pointer for what a certain program does with various file types and often may give users a good hint how to perform certain file conversion, for example the above-mentioned m4a to m4r. However, it is not perfect and sometimes can show results which are not really usable because of how certain programs work with files and the possible conversion is thus actually not possible at all.
ImTOO iPhone Ringtone Maker
App used to create own ringtones for Apple iPhone
Bigasoft iPhone Ringtone Maker
A ringtone making software
WavePad
An audio editing software for Windows and Mac
Apple macOS / Mac OS X software 
- convert m4a to m4r on OS X
Apple iTunes for Mac
Program used to organize and plays your digital music and video
Xilisoft iPhone Ringtone Maker for Mac
A iPhone ringtone creator for Mac
Tiny Audio Converter
Audio converter for Mac
Apple iOS software 
- convert m4a to m4r on iOS
Ringtone Maker for iPhone
A free utility used to create ringtones directly in iPhone
Additional links: Open m4a file, Open m4r file
M4A
Files with m4a extension are audio files stored in MPEG-4 (MP4) container and use AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), or Apple Lossless (ALAC) audio compression. M4A is very popular on Mac computers, because it is default audio format used by iTunes. M4A is also default audio format for Apple portable devices (iPod, iPhone, iPad).
M4R
An m4r file extension is used for ringtones that is used by Apple iPhone. iPhone ringtones are stored in the same m4a audio format as songs. However m4r file extension is used to differentiate ringtones and songs.
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