Posted on December 19, 2009 at 14:28:17 UTC (1261232897)

Making custom iPhone SMS tones in OS X

Have been searching the web for how to do it, but I have found a way to make the correct file format from Apple’s push notification documentation and some other sites which show where to replace the file.

Anyway here are the steps:

  1. Run the following command afconvert -f caff -d ima4 -v  filename_to_convert.ext sms-received1.caf
    (Please note that you can use sms-received1 through to sms-received6)
  2. Back up the sms-received file that you wish the replace in the /System/Library/Audio/UISounds folder
  3. Copy the file that you have converted to /System/Library/Audio/UISounds
    For example (This will overwrite the file, so make sure you make a backup!!): scp sms-received1.caf root@iphone-name.local:/System/Library/Audio/UISounds
  4. Go to Settings->Sounds and select New Text Message and then press the sound (top is number 1, bottom is number 6) and confirm that it works
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