Launched in 2010, the social media site Instagram has, along with Twitter and Facebook, established itself as a go-to destination for influencers and people with the desire to share various aspects of their daily lives with others. Instagram is steadily approaching the huge milestone of having a billion registered users, but the total number of uploaded photos to the service has been counted in billions for quite some time now.
Since its inception, Instagram has been designed with mobile devices in mind. The service wants its users to capture a photo, apply a visual filter to achieve the desired look, and instantly upload it to Instagram for others to like and share. While most users are happy with this approach, not everyone is. Some Instagram users would like to first edit their photos in a dedicated photo-editing application like Lightroom, and others despise typing out lengthy captions on a virtual keyboard, preferring to use a real keyboard instead.
Regardless of which camp you belong to, this article will teach you how to post on Instagram from Mac, introducing several handy apps that let you upload photos directly from your computer.
If you’re wondering if it’s possible to post Instagram from Mac without a third-party app, we have good news for you: it is. But you need to trick the Instagram website into thinking that you’re coming from a mobile device.
Some modern web browsers, such as Chrome, make it possible to change your user agent without installing any extensions, which is by far the easiest way how to make the posting feature available even though you’re on a desktop computer.
That said, using the Instagram website to upload photos from a Mac is much less convenient than either uploading photos from Instagram’s mobile app or using the below-described Mac apps.
We have selected top 7 apps intended for users who would like to upload to Instagram from a Mac or manage their Instagram account in a more convenient way.
Available on Windows and Mac, Grids lets you experience Instagram in a brand-new way. The application features a well-designed user interface that looks just as good at widget-size as it does at fullscreen. With Grids, you can upload photos and videos directly from your desktop, view and post stories, start a conversation with friends, switch between multiple accounts, get notifications, like, comment, follow, and explore content from other Instagram users, and more. Grids is available on the Mac App Store for $8.99 and is compatible with all Mac computers running Mac OS X 10.11 or later.
Deskgram is a web application that uses the Instagram API to allow users to upload photos from the desktop directly to Instagram. Because Deskgram runs entirely in the web browser, there’s no need to download any additional software. Photo uploading using Deskgram is accomplished with a simple drag and drop operating, and Deskgram even allows you to add captions and hashtags without using the official Instagram app.
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