Is Tones Not Showing in iTunes? Here are the Solutions! [2024]

The issue: Tones not showing up in iTunes

“Hello, guys! I’m planning to transfer tones to my newly purchased iPhone 14. But I can’t find “Tones” tab in iTunes. Why is the Tones tab not appearing in iTunes Library? How to fix the issue?” Any suggestion?”

Why is the Tones not showing and how to resolve it?

iTunes, a digital media playback app and free app for Mac and PC, is released on January 10, 2001. It can be used to manage and backup iPhone data, like music, photos, etc. In iTunes 12.7 for Mac and PC, Apple not only removed the Tones feature but also removed “Apps” feature and focus on music, movies, TV shows, products, and audiobooks.

That is to say, iTunes changes its regime, and then you can’t see Tones and Apps in iTunes 12.7 Library and its later versions, which can’t be fixed. Apple recommends you use Sounds Settings to redownload the tones without your PC.

Of course, if your iTunes is 12.6 or earlier version but Tones is not showing, you can go to “Preferences” > “General” and check whether the “Tones” box is checked. If not, check it and you can see the Tones tab in iTunes Library.

Bonus tip:

To check the iTunes version, you can run it on your computer, then go to “Help” > “About iTunes” and then you can see the version of your iTunes.

Free alternative to iTunes when you can’t find Tones in it

Now, you have figured out why Tones not showing in iTunes. We can fix it if the iTunes is 12.6 or earlier version and then we can sync tones to iPhone or iPad. But how can we send tones to iPhone/iPad when iTunes is 12.7 or later version and we have tones in old iTunes library?

Don’t worry, it’s easy to transfer tones/ringtones to iPhone or iPad even without iTunes! Here are the detailed steps.

Step 1. Locate the tones/ringtones on your computer and choose the ones that you want to transfer and right-click them.

Note: To find out the files of the tones/ringtones in the previous iTunes Library, Go to C:\Users\username\My Music\iTunes\ on Windows; go to/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Tones/ on Mac to find out tones/ringtones.

Step 2. Choose “Send to” and choose to send an email to yourself.

After you receive the email on your iPhone, you can download and save the acceded tones/ringtones.

An easy way to backup iPhone tones and other data without iTunes [recommended]

It’s frustrating to lose your customized tones or other important data like photos on your iPhone. In case of iPhone data loss caused by accidental deletion, you’d better backup your iPhone in advance using reliable iPhone backup software, like FoneTool.

It supports you to backup all contents, including tones/ringtones on iPhone to computer with fast speed and is also able to backup only selected items on iPhone via “Customize Backup”. What’s more, it is featured with useful tools, like data eraser and HEIC Converter.

Click the following button to enjoy it and see how to backup all things from iPhone to computer.

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to the computer with a USB cable. Tap Trust This Computer on the iPhone.

Step 2. Install and run FoneTool, click Phone Backup, go to Full Backup and click Get Started.

Step 2. Click Start Backup to start the operation.

Note: You can also enable/disable Backup encryption to create an encrypted backup for protecting private information.

Tips:

• If the backup is encrypted, you’ll need to enter the backup password when using backup file to restore.
• If the backup password of the iOS device is modified, the subsequent backup files will be encrypted with the new password; if is deleted, the subsequent backup will no longer be encrypted.

Wrap things up

When you get the issue Tones not showing in iTunes, the first thing is to check the version of the iTunes is 12.7 and later versions or previous versions. For Tones not appearing in iTunes earlier versions, you can try the aforementioned solutions to fix it. For iTunes version 12.7 and larder versions, there is nothing to do to make Tones tab shows up in iTunes and you can send tones/ringtones from computer to your iPhone using Email.

Of course, don’t forget to backup your important iPhone data including tones/ringtones using FoneTool, thus you can restore from the backup file if data lose or erased on your iPhone.