![]() More Instagram features, some tailored specifically to iPhone users, are on the way. The content vanishes after 24 hours - much like another social app called Snapchat - and does not appear in the main Instagram grid, instead appearing as an indicator on someone’s icon in a bar above your feed. Instagram’s newest feature, Stories, lets users share the moments in their days with pictures and videos presented in slideshow form, and with the option to annotate imagery with text and drawings. It also has other image-tweaking tools to make photos pop. Instagram’s filter collection is one of the best around, enabling you to change the character of pictures and videos in dramatic ways. Each user’s feed shows the pictures posted by those they’re following on Instagram, much like on Flickr.įilters are Instagram’s other huge claim to fame - one that other photo services and apps such as Apple’s Photos have emulated. In this regard, Instagram helps friends keep up with each other via endless “feeds” of images. Once you post pictures, or videos up to 60 seconds long, your friends can “like” your shots and post comments. Instead, uploaded shots appear within the Instagram app as a minimalist grid of squares (the shots themselves don’t have to be square). ![]() It’s radically simpler, though, with no albums or other advanced capabilities typically found in photo services. Like Flickr and Google Photos, Instagram is a place to post photos. What Is Instagram? - For those who have only a cursory familiarity with Instagram, here is a quick primer. This has convinced me that Instagram is for everyone, or at least for anyone who takes iPhone photography seriously while possibly also craving another social outlet. We’re even planning some meetups at the Pioneer Press. These users and I have since banded together into a loose user group we hope will continue to grow. I even wrote a Pioneer Press story that profiled six local shutterbugs ranging in ages from 24 to 58. In doing so, I met users of all ages (including those like fiftysomething me). Paul region and engaged in an exhaustive search for notable users with exceptional photo posts. In this role, I took a closer look at Instagram activity in the St. Also, a year ago, I became a caretaker of the Instagram account of my employer, the St. ![]() As a reporter, I began to use Instagram in a journalistic capacity. And, yes, the celebs got on my nerves.īut I’ve had a change of heart. I used it only to upload an occasional picture, and I ignored its social aspects almost entirely. ![]() I once felt sure Instagram was not for me. Moreover, with Facebook and Twitter dominating social media for many, finding time for another social network might seem impractical. What’s more, the service officially works only on smartphones, seemingly leaving Mac users out in the cold. Instagram’s audience does skew young – typically 35 and under. The many selfie-posting celebrities on Instagram also might cause some hardcore Apple geeks to avoid the service like the plague. Many a veteran Apple user might be tempted to dismiss the photo-sharing service and social network Instagram as a millennial’s playpen. Instagram Has Apple (Including Mac) Appeal #1651: Dealing with leading zeroes in spreadsheet data, removing ad tracking from ckbk.#1652: OS updates, DPReview shuttered, LucidLink cloud storage.#1653: Apple Music Classical review, Authory service for writers, WWDC 2023 dates announced.1654: Urgent OS security updates, upgrading to macOS 13 Ventura, using smart speakers while temporarily blind.#1655: 33 years of TidBITS, Twitter train wreck, tvOS 16.4.1, Apple Card Savings, Steve Jobs ebook.
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