How can we install Instagram (the official application) on the iPad Mini, iPad Pro, iPad Air

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By default, the application InstagramDeveloped by Facebook for mobile devices, smartphone and iPhone, no can be installed on the iPad. The reason is as simple as possible. Instagram is designed as an application that you can upload to photos and videos short made with your mobile phone. Besides, we can not upload pictures on Instagram from the laptop.

If you own an iPhone and iPad, you will notice that with a simple search on the iPhone, the word "Instagram"In App Store, the official Instagram application appears first and can be installed without problems. We do a similar search on the iPad and it will appear in App Store more applications for Instagram, but not the official one.
However, there is a very simple solution by which we can install Instagram on the iPad.

How can we install Instagram (the official application) on the iPad Mini, iPad Pro, iPad Air

1. open App Store on the iPad, and in the "search" bar type "Instagram".

As I said above, the official list will not appear in the results list.

2. In the options bar from App Store, we click on "iPad Only", Then in the menu that opens select:"iPhone Only".

In this way, we will ask to list the results with compatible iPhone applications.

3. After selecting "iPhone Only", the first application listed in the results will be the official Instagram application. Click to install.

Once the installation of Instagram on the iPad is complete, you log in and you can use the application to its maximum capacity, as if it were on the iPhone.

However, there is a problem. Being an iPhone application, it is not optimized for the much larger dimensions of the displayof iPads.
You can use the application in two resolutions. 1x - the real one, in which the application will be visible only on a small part in the center of the screen and 2x - double size. All you have to do is press 1x or 2x from the bottom right corner.

In the same way you will be able to install on the iPad Mini, iPad Pro or iPad Air more applications dedicated to iPhone devices.

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6 thoughts on "How can we install Instagram (the official application) on the iPad Mini, iPad Pro, iPad Air"

  1. Ciao ho letto i tuoi suggestioni e provato ad installare Instagram sul mio IPad air, ma non c'è nulla da fare, non trova l'applicazione, hai un piano b per aiutarmi? Hello, I have succeeded...
    Grazie in anticipation of availability
    Alessandra

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    • If you have the latest iOS version installed on the iPad Air, everything should be the same as the iPad Mini. I do not know there is a difference in the App Store between Air and Mini.

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  2. Excellent explanation!!! Qué agradable encontrar sitios como este, encontrar lo que uno busca con una explicación simple, súper graphic y que funciona! Mil gracias!

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  3. A problem of installing Instagram on iPad is that the application does not roll on the screen... At least not my iPad 9.7. I found a very simple solution!
    Just sign in to Instagram no Browser Safari and, then, click on the upper right side, the first symbol on the left. There is a option "Screen" ... and Pronto, problema resolvido! Caso algoem tenha tido esta difficulty like me, eis a solution... 🙂

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  4. BOM DIA TENTEI FAZER A INSTALAÇAO MAIS MEU MEU IPAD NAO DIXA POIS DA ME A MENSAGEM QUE TENHO QUE INSTALAR O IOS 10 COMO DOÇO ISSO POIS O IPAD NAO ME ESSA ATUALIZAÇAO VC PODE ME AJUDAR ELE DA ME A MENSAGEM QUE ESTA ATUALIZADO COM IOS 9,3

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