FAQ: Export Recipes and Grocery lists to your iPad

Export recipes to your iPad with FTP

Once you have organized your recipes in Home Cookin, you easily export your favorites to your iPad for viewing on the go. The FTP export works with most FTP apps including: Mobile Drive HD, My Wifi-Disk, and My File Explorer.

Here are basic instructions for Mobile Drive HD, but most other FTP apps are similar:

1. Make sure your iPad and computer are connected to your local WiFi network.
2. Install the free Mobile Drive HD app on your iPad.
3. Open the Mobile Drive HD app on your iPad, then touch the Transfer icon at the bottom of the screen.
   
4. Turn on the FTP transfer and find the device address in the Mobile Drive HD app on your iPad.
   
   
5. On the Home Cookin index screen, check the boxes next to the recipes you want to send to your iPad. (Press Control+A to select all recipes in the current chapter.)
6. Click the Export button and select Export to your Tablet from the popup menu.
7. Select the PDF - Best for iPad format and click OK.
8. Enter a title for the eBook, and click the 6x9 button (You may want to use the 8.5x11 button if you have a full size iPad).
9. Enter the Host name (the four numbers before the colon), and the Port number (the number after the colon) from the device address in Step 4 above. Clear the Directory, User, and Password fields. Enter a filename for the exported file, such as Recipes.pdf
   
   
10. Click the OK button and the file will upload to your iPad. You will see a success message when the upload is finished.
11. To view the recipes on your iPad, touch the Document icon at the bottom of the Mobile Drive HD app. Then select the file you exported from Home Cookin.

Send grocery lists to your iPad with FTP

1. On the Home Cookin grocery screen, click the Send To button.
2. Select Tablet (HTML for iPad) from the popup list.
3. Configure the FTP Host and Port settings as described above for your FTP app.
4. Click OK to upload the grocery list to your iPad.
5. To view your grocery list on your iPad, touch the Document icon in your FTP app. Then select the grocery file you exported from Home Cookin.