How to Upload to Instagram From Your Laptop

How to Upload to Instagram From Your Laptop

I think you know that I blog for a few locations that I like.  The Queen Mary is one, Brickersville is another.  Then there is LEGOLAND, CA.  A few events that I follow are the Long Beach Comic Con, Indiecade, Queen Mary events, Midsummer Scream.  There are a few.

Now, I want to share with you that I’ve long have an Instagram account.  I don’t really know, because, well… I’m Instagram challenged.

I suppose it’s because I like my laptop.  My phone, however, not so much.  I carry a camera, and when I get home, I blog on the Belmont Shore Patch, on Squigglemom.net, I video blog on my YouTube channel.  A lot.

But apparently Bloggers are supposed to Instagram.  Or so I hear.  I will admit that I did try to Instagram some time ago, but I got distracted by other things, different platforms, etc.  Ones that are a bit more laptop friendly.

At one point some months ago,  I figured out how to upload to Instagram from my desktop at Instagram.com.  For those of you who don’t understand what the big deal is should try to do it.  You’ll realize you can view but not post to Instagram.  As with anything, you have to do a workaround.

I wish I could tell you that I got this workaround from my amazing, insane knowledge and ability to dig around on the internet.  Well, I have to tell you that it wasn’t from my amazing, insane knowledge but it was, however, from my ability to dig around on the internet.  I found this website and followed the instructions.  I’d done it before, but something was not working quite right when I tried to do it again, EVEN THOUGH I WAS USING THE TRICK.  I’ll explain after I share the trick, with the steps that I did, with photos.

This post is as much for you as it is for me.  I lose things, forget things, and generally can’t remember how I did things.  So, rather than store my nuggets of information on paper and in books and notes that I will lose, I store them here on my website for me, and for you, to find!

THE TRICK TO UPLOADING TO INSTAGRAM FROM CHROME IN YOUR WINDOWS LAPTOP

 

Step 1/ Go to Instagram.com
Step 1/ Go to Instagram.com

 

Step 2/ At the top right, select ... then More Tools then Developer Tools
Step 2/ At the top right, select … then More Tools then Developer Tools

 

Step 3/ The Developer Tools frames will be displayed.
Step 3/ The Developer Tools frames will be displayed.

 

Select the screen toggle near the top left of the Developer Tools menu bar.
Step 4/ Select the screen toggle near the top left of the Developer Tools menu bar.

 

The display will change to simulate a smart phone. The type of smart phone can be selected from above the phone image display (left part of the screen).
Step 5/ The display will change to simulate a smart phone. The type of smart phone can be selected from above the phone image display (left part of the screen).

 

Click on the plus sign at the bottom of the simulated phone screen to bring up a file selector.
Step 6/ Click on the plus sign at the bottom of the simulated phone screen to bring up a file selector.

 

Select the file and the image you have selected will be displayed. Select next.
Step 7/ Select the file and the image you have selected will be displayed. Select next.

 

Identify the location where the photo was taken.
Step 8/ Identify the location where the photo was taken.

 

If you put in a partial word, Instagram will try to resolve it for you.
Step 9/ If you put in a partial word, Instagram will try to resolve it for you.

 

Tah Dah! Post complete!
Step 10/ Tah Dah! Post complete!

 

THE FIRST TRICK IF YOU’RE HAVING TROUBLE USING THE TRICK UPLOADING TO INSTAGRAM FROM CHROME IN YOUR WINDOWS LAPTOP

Well, it's not that hard really, but it stumped me for a while. Use the Zoom menu to make sure the entire phone screen is displayed on the browser window. Fit to page works if you have any doubts.
Well, it’s not that hard really, but it stumped me for a while. Use the Zoom menu to make sure the entire phone screen is displayed on the browser window. Fit to page works if you have any doubts.  Here we can’t see the menu bar at the bottom with the + sign.

 

Here we are afterwards, and the plus sign shows.
Here we are afterwards, and the plus sign shows.

 

THE SECOND TRICK IF YOU’RE HAVING TROUBLE USING THE TRICK UPLOADING TO INSTAGRAM FROM CHROME IN YOUR WINDOWS LAPTOP

Now, if you are still having trouble getting that + file upload symbol to show up, try this!

First time you go into instagram.com, you might not see the file upload on the menu bar.
Click the back button and it will take you to the screen you were on before you went to instagram.com
Click the back button and it will take you to the screen you were on before you went to instagram.com

 

Click the forward button and - tah dah! File upload button and menu bar should be displayed.
Click the forward button and – tah dah! File upload button and menu bar should be displayed.

 

HERE IS AN INSTAGRAM POST I MADE ABOUT LEGOLAND, CA

 

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