![]() ![]() ![]() Post image with caption to Facebook, Instagram, and DayOne.One thing I love about Workflow is how flexibly powerful it is the above workflow only posts to Instagram and DayOne, but here are others that might interest you: Note: to download workflows you must visit the site on your iOS device. Download the Post to Instagram & DayOne workflow here.Download the Workflow app here (required).I use this workflow so often that I’ve added it as an icon on my homescreen so I can do this with one tap. It works flawlessly, with the only limitation being you have to remember to use it instead of going to Instagram first. I wrote a Workflow that will both an image and caption to both Instagram and Workflow. Workflow is the most powerful and yet simple iOS app I’ve ever seen (read why I highly recommend it here). I was reasonably pleased with this level of automation, but I decided to see if I might be able to use Workflow instead. Option 3: Workflow to Instagram and DayOne For this reason, I recommend allowing 10 LCP notifications in the Notification Center so you don’t miss any. Note: IF polls Instagram only every 15 minutes, so the LCP notification may be delayed by that much. Download Launch Center Pro for iPhone or for iPad (required).Adding an image manually is not a huge problem as you can set up Instagram to save your posts in a separate album. That is far better, though still requires you to manually add the picture since DayOne’s URL scheme only supports adding images via clipboard. This is far better than the above solution as it automated far more: it sends a notification that, when you touch it, opens LCP which in turn opens DayOne and pre-populates the journal entry with the image caption. The second recipe I developed uses Launch Center Pro (LCP highly recommended if you don’t have it) and URL schemes to automate the task. Option 2: Instagram to IF to Launch Center Pro to DayOne This will also work with OmniFocus for iOS or for Mac (all optional). Download Things for iPhone, for iPad, or for Mac.But while this automates my forgetfulness away, inputting the photo was still manual. ![]() Since the task managers Things and OmniFocus automatically import Reminders as tasks, you’ll never miss a photo. A reminder was helpful, as I often forgot what I had posted. The first recipe I wrote simply creates a reminder to import the photo into DayOne. While IF has hooks into Instagram, it doesn’t yet have hooks into DayOne, so I had to be creative. My first thought was to use IF (formerly IFTTT) to automate the tasks. Option One: Instagram to IF to Reminders (optionally to Things) You can download Instagram here and DayOne here). (If you don’t already use Instagram or DayOne, I’d highly recommend both. There are three ways below that can help you do this.The best solution by far is the third, but depending on what apps you own or want to buy, you may choose to do it differently. These methods, unfortunately, are rather complex, so I set out to do it myself on iOS. Doing that each time takes a lot of repetitive steps, so I looked at methods of automating the task on the Mac. I found, however, that if something was important enough I posted it to Instagram, I would also want to post it to DayOne. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.After MacSparky featured my home screen, I was contacted by several folks who were interested in my Instagram and DayOne workflows. I love DayOne and use it constantly to chronicle my life (read why I recommend it so much). Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. ![]()
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