How to upload photos to Instagram on Windows, Mac with Chrome extension

Adding photos from desktop into Instagram can be frustrating. I used to transfer photos to my Android device via Dropbox before uploading it to Instagram. This takes up too much time. Recently, I found a solution to shorten this tedious process. Introducing ARChon Runtime. I will not go into the details of packaging the app into Chrome extension. You can read more about it here.





Install ARChon Runtime

1. Download ARChone Runtime

2. Unzip the archive to your desktop

3. Open Google Chrome

4. Select “Windows” > “Extensions”

5. Press “Load unpacked extension”

6. Select the ARChone Runtime folder

7. Once successfully imported, ARChone Runtime will appear in the extensions





Install Instagram on desktop

1. Download the Instagram (7.7.0) packaged by ARChon Packager

2. Unzip the archive to your desktop

3. Open Google Chrome

4. Select “Windows” > “Extensions”

5. Press “Load unpacked extension”

6. Select the Instagram folder

7. Once successfully imported, Instagram will appear in the extensions

8. Open Instagram from the Chrome App Launcher

9. Select a folder to store Instagram app data





Uploading photos to Instagram

1. Press “Gallery”

2. Select “Other”

3. When prompt “pick a source”, press “Open file”

4. Select a photo from your desktop

5. Done!

Alternatives

Alternatively, you can use Uplet (Mac App Store, $11) to upload photos to Instagram.