Hey everyone, I'm Marina from Yes to Tech, and welcome back to my channel.
Want to post on Instagram from your computer?
In this video, I'll show you how to post to Instagram from your PC in a way that works
on both Mac and Windows.
By the end of this video, you'll know exactly how to upload photos on Instagram from your
computer and how to upload videos to Instagram from your PC so that you can save time by
scheduling your Instagram posts ahead of time.
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right in.
We'll be using a website and app called Later to post on Instagram from our computer.
If you don't have a Later account yet, click on the link in the description box below to
sign up for free, as well as get 10 more posts per month for free.
With Later's free plan, you can upload up to 30 posts per month and all of these posts
need to be photos.
Since I upload a mixture of photos and videos each week, I use Later's Starter plan, which
allows you to post up to 60 photos and videos per month.
To upload a post to Instagram from your PC using Later, click on 'calendar' from the
left-hand side panel.
You can either select a post to add to Instagram from your computer using Dropbox or Google
Drive, or you can click on 'upload media' to select a post from your documents.
Once you've located the Instagram post you wish to upload from your PC, click on 'open'.
The post you just uploaded will now appear in this section.
You can upload more than one Instagram post at a time, and then use the filters to sort
by media usage and media type.
The Instagram posts you add to Later to then post to Instagram from your computer will
also appear in the 'media library' section on the left-hand side panel.
To post one of these Instagram posts on Instagram from your computer, you can either drag the
media onto the calendar to schedule it, or click on it directly to open it up.
Once the Instagram post has been opened, click on 'create post’ to create a post to be
uploaded to Instagram from your PC.
From here, you can add an Instagram post caption with emojis, add the first comment, so if
you don't want your Instagram hashtags to be in the caption, you can add them here,
add a link to any web page in this linkin.bio section, so that when someone clicks on your
profile link, and then on this Instagram post, they can be redirected to said website, add
a location, and, if your Instagram post is a video instead of a picture, you can change
the thumbnail cover as well.
At the bottom, you can select an exact date and time for this Instagram post to be posted
on Instagram, and then choose whether you want Later to automatically upload this post
to Instagram from your computer on your behalf on this date and time, or have it send you
a notification on your mobile device on this date and time for you to manually post this
Instagram post.
Once you're done scheduling the Instagram post from your PC, click on 'save'.
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Make sure you comment below and let me know if you'll be posting to Instagram from your
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