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Ad tracking on MacOS and iOS
This morning, I bought an item via Safari on my MacBook. Later this morning, ads for it started popping up on Instagram on my iPhone. I have all the anti-tracking settings (Hide IP address, block cross-site tracking, etc.) engaged on both devices and wherever I can find them in these apps. But... -
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Twitter/X, BlueSky, Facebook and "TweetDeck"
Hello! I am currently active on Facebook as a private individual's account. I used to be active of Twitter before it became "X". I know next to nothing about BlueSky. I am considering posting my own blog of some sort. I want to be able to share information and my own commentary on certain... -
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iPhone Instagram - Hashtags
Hi All I'm sorry if this isn't the right place, but I thought if anyone would know, someone here will: I understand how hashtags work - in that adding hashtags to a post will hopefully broaden the audience for a post. But, I have a mate who insists that it's fine to have a hashtag without gaps...- Jazz76
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- Forum: iOS Apps and Apple Arcade
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Problem uploading photos to Instagram with iPhone 15 Pro Max
Hello! I am a Spanish iPhone user. I've had the iPhone 15 Pro Max for a couple of weeks and when I upload photos taken from the phone to Instagram, it automatically raises the brightness to the point of saturating and burning the image. I have IOS 17.1.1 and the latest updated version of...- Alberto_Alpino
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- burning instagram iphone iphone 15 pro max problem
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- Forum: iOS 17
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make changes and not go public instantly
Is it possible, in fb or insta, to upload new profile logo or cover pics but without going public instantly? I want to have a look first on how they look when placed, i might want to make them smaller or larger etc.- zoran
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- changes faceboo instagram
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- Forum: Design and Graphics
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Instagram Notification Sound on iOS 17 GM
Anyone else get confused with the new Instagram notification on iOS 17? Is it just me or does it sound like the tone that you hear after you hung up a call? Anyone know any way to change the alert tone for Insta? -
Meta websites don't work properly on Safari after 13.4.1 (a) update
I updated macOS Ventura to the Rapid Security Response version 13.4.1 (a), and I notice some unusual behavior with Facebook and Instagram. Facebook displays this Unsupported Browser message and switches to the mobile version of the Facebook site. Instagram also displays a "This web browser is...- maswriter
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- facebook instagram macos 13.4 safari 16.5
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- Forum: macOS Ventura (13)
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Which is safer?? Instagram app or the web page on iPhone??
Which is safer?? Instagram app or the web page on iPhone?? Don't like that the app has access to all information on my iPhone.- opsops76
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- Forum: iOS Apps and Apple Arcade
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iPhone 13 Pro iPhone 13 Pro Instagram's Camera Issue (Lags Twice every time)
Hello, I am using a brand new iPhone 13 Pro for the past week and I have this strange issue with Instagram’s Camera from the first day. When I open the camera, It lags twice before working every single time I open the Camera. I have the latest iOS update (15.5) and the latest Instagram Update... -
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iPhone 13 Pro Max iPhone Camera on Instagram
Hi, I have some problems when taking pictures through Instagram on my new iPhone. First of all, it takes way longer to load the 'story camera' interface in comparison to my old X. Secondly, the viewfinder image and the image after pressing the shutter look different. Thirdly, sometimes the... -
Instagram app appears like ghost
Hello! It happens that the Instagram app on my boyfriends iphone 12 appears to be "grey", like if the app wans't downloaded on the phone..it caught my attention beacuse thats make me think he blocked the access to the app or something like that, how can you do that?? Here's an example of how...- andrewbce
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- app blocking ghost app instagram
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- Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
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iPhone An Apple Only Photo & Video Sharing Service
Hey guys, I just released my first app iOS app Gala. Apple has been building up their services departments however they don't have anything for photo & video sharing which is a surprise since they hate FB/Insta + want to protect privacy and there are already trillions of photos and videos stored...- bhope95
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- app apple instagram iphone photgraphy photo app service
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- Forum: iOS Apps and Apple Arcade
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Instagram notification is not working
Since I unbox My new iPhone SE 2020 and install the Instagram app, I never received Instagram push notifications. Even I enabled all the settings which are required to work push but no luck. -
Script: Using youtube-dl and ffmpeg remotely and playing the video locally
Hi all, tl;dr Get it here. https://github.com/llamallama/ibookg4linux/blob/main/bin/gimmevideo. Run this on Linux with xclip installed and set the GIMME_VIDEO_HOST environment variable to the location of your remote SSH server. I wrote a script that does the work of downloading videos from...- pipetogrep
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- ffmpeg instagram linux powerpc tiktok video youtube youtube-dl
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- Forum: PowerPC Macs
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iPhone Reports+ for Instagram and AppStore audits
During the last period Apple is talking a lot about privacy and oblige somehow developers to be more transparent about the data collect. Yesterday I have downloaded from the App Store one of the top listed app for socials. The App is Reports+ and promises to give an higher and more precise level...- Marco Lacava
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- app review appstore facebook instagram privacy breach report+
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- Forum: iOS Apps and Apple Arcade
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Instagram notifications missing after switching to new iPhone
Anybody else having the same issue where they lost all the notifications after switching to iPhone 12 (or new iPhone)? Yes, every setting were checked, tried reboot, re-login, reinstall app etc.- pw5a29
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- instagram notification
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- Forum: iOS Apps and Apple Arcade
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iPhone 12 Pro iPhone 12 pro Problem with late response of Instagram camera
Hello, I bought my new iphone 12 10 days ago. Everything was working fine, until yesterday, when I noticed a problem with Instagram camera while shooting story on instagram. In fact, I have two accounts on insta, and the problem I am about to explain happens only on one of my accounts. When I... -
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iPhone 7 plus, iOS 14.2. Unable to open Instagram app since September (and yes, for some reason, JUST the Instagram app).
I haven't been able to open the Instagram app (and yes, JUST the Instagram app, out of the many apps I have on my phone) since the ios 14 update in September. I'm on 14.2 now but the problem has been persisting since the first iOS 14 update. Was excited to use the widgets and now I regret...- kennedytown
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- app crashing crash instagram iphone 7 plus iphone 7+
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- Forum: iPhone Tips, Help and Troubleshooting
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Instagram Says Apple Removed Limit Ad Tracking?
Apparently, Instagram has changed their privacy settings and alerted me to a message stating “With the latest iOS update, Apple has removed the limit as tracking privacy setting you had turned on for your device.” The message continues to say, “To respect your previous choice, we’re not...- jumpcutking
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- instagram ios privacy tracking
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- Forum: iOS 14
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iOS Instagram app is tracking our location secretly!
- iPhone 12 Pro running iOS 14.2 - Instagram Version 165.0 Inside the Instagram app you can view your “login activity” which is tracked with precise location down to the city. View by: - Go to Settings - Select Security - Select Login Activity Now, inside your iPhones location services...
