Yeah, I know it can. My recipes are so scattered and just notes. I'm taking the time to make them a bit more thorough and complete while I'm manually importing them. On Jan 2, 2014, at 10:10 PM, Sean Murphy <mhysnm1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > Are you aware that the app can import files? It depends on the format of the > file. If you look at the documentation you will find the info. I am in the > process of importing over 10,000 recipes that have collected over the years. > > Sean > On 03/01/2014, at 11:26 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli <sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thank you Ester! >> This helps a lot. I have a big recipes folder that I'm trying to import, as >> well as some recipes I've bookmarked off the web. I also love the search >> feature. I can do a search of my receipes in the database. Thanks for the >> detailed instructions. I appreciate it. >> On Jan 2, 2014, at 3:59 PM, Esther <mori...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Sarah, Eileen, and Others, >>> >>> Here are some tips on using the recipe clipping feature in the Mac version >>> of Paprika Recipe Manager. As Laura described, you press the "Save Recipe" >>> button in the toolbar of the Paprika Mac app window to clip recipes from >>> web sites. As a quick overview, you can navigate to recipes in web sites >>> in the Browser view either by using the Google search text field in the >>> HTML area to do a general search of recipe sites, and then select links >>> that you want, followed by using the "Save Recipe" button, or you can >>> select one of the web site links in the HTML area under the headings for >>> "Recommended Sites", such as "Foodnet.com", then search for the the recipe >>> you want at that site's web page, followed by using the "Save Recipe" >>> button to clip the recipe. >>> >>> Alternatively, since the Browser's "Getting Started" HTML page with >>> information on how to get started with clipping recipes, the general Google >>> search field, and the links to popular recipe sites only loads up when you >>> first launch the Browser view, you can also navigate to the Google search >>> text field on the window toolbar, or use the Bookmarks button on the window >>> toolbar to navigate to popular web sites (including favorites that you >>> add), and then use the "Save Recipe" button on the toolbar to clip recipes. >>> This may be a little less convenient than using the corresponding >>> locations for search and links in the startup browser HTML area unless you >>> set an application specific hotspot for these locations, since there are no >>> pre-existing keyboard shortcuts for navigating to the Google search field >>> or to the Bookmarks on the toolbar of the Paprika Recipe Manager app in >>> Browser view the way there are for Safari, but it only takes a few VO-arrow >>> key presses (or flicks if you use the Trackpad) to move between the HTML >>> area and these buttons on the toolbar. If you prefer to use the "Getting >>> Started" startup HTML page to navigate, you can always move back to it by >>> using VO-Up arrow from the HTML area to navigate to the Browser's "Back" >>> button, VO-space until you get to the beginning, and focus moves to the >>> "Forward" button, then VO-Left arrow back to the (dimmed) "Back" button and >>> VO-Down arrow to return to the HTML area. (Note: I had to use VO-slash to >>> label the four toolbar buttons to the right of the Paprika window's >>> "Minimize", "Close", and "Zoom" buttons. These are "Back", "Forward", >>> "Bookmarks", and "Refresh". The remaining toolbar elements to the right of >>> these buttons are the URL address field, the "Browser - Paprika" view >>> identifier, the "Search" text field, and the "Save Recipe" button.) >>> >>> Here are a few detailed examples of how to clip recipes, written with new >>> users or those who don't yet have the Mac app in mind. Switch from the >>> Recipes view to the Browser view with VO-Down arrow to the "Browser" check >>> box and VO-Space. VO-Left arrow to the HTML content, and interact to read >>> the "Getting Started" instructions. >>> >>> You can launch your first search from within the HTML area instead of from >>> the toolbar. If you have Quick Nav turned on, and you have enabled single >>> letter navigation under VoiceOver Utility in Commanders under the Quick Nav >>> tab by checking the box, you can use all the standard web navigation >>> shortcuts (e.g., "h" to move to the next header or "f" to move to the next >>> text field). So, press "h" to move through the headings for "Getting >>> Started", "How to clip a recipe online", and "Search for recipes". Or press >>> "f" to move directly to the "Google Recipe Search" text field under the >>> "Search for recipes" heading, then toggle Quick Nav mode off (by >>> simultaneously pressing the left and right arrow keys) so you can type in >>> the text field. Using this field, your search will not specify any >>> particular recipe sites, so if I type in text, such as "Latin Black Bean >>> Soup", and then either press "Return" or navigate to the "Search" button >>> and press it, I'll get a Google search of many different recipes sites, >>> with links to results within the HTML area. Navigate through the heading >>> links of the results and activate the one that you want. >>> >>> Now, to just read the recipe content instead of browsing the web page in >>> the HTML area, you VO-Left arrow twice, out of the HTML area to the >>> "Recipes" check box and then to the "Save Recipe" button, and press this >>> button with VO-space. Then you can simply navigate to the pane that now >>> contains the information clipped from the recipe to view the contents. Not >>> all fields may be filled in, and in particular you will want to press the >>> "Categories" button to assign this recipe to an organization category of >>> your selection, like "Soups", "Main Courses", "Deserts", "Salads", etc. >>> This assumes that you have previously created categories under the >>> "Recipes" section of the app using the "Add Category" button -- otherwise >>> the table under the Categories button will be empty, and you will have to >>> edit the recipe later by finding it under the "Uncategorized" category. >>> Press escape to leave the table pop up. >>> >>> You can navigate to and read the ingredients and directions. If the site >>> has additional Nutritional Info, or you want to add Notes, you can also >>> select and examine those tabs. Navigating to the "Done" button at the end >>> and pressing it will save the recipe to your Paprika library. You can also >>> shortcut this by pressing "Return" to save and "escape" to cancel and leave >>> this dialogue window. The actual clipping process is very fast, especially >>> if you choose to read the recipe content from the "Save Recipe" dialogue >>> window instead of the web HTML content in order to decide whether you want >>> to save it. You don't actually have to wait for the full web site contents >>> to finish loading to get the clipped content up for view with the "Save >>> Recipe" button. It's worth adding the category at this time, but most >>> other editing changes, such as rating the difficulty or prep time for a >>> recipe, if this is not already present, can be added later. Since the >>> source URL of the recipe is automatically filled in, you don't even need to >>> note this, unless there are comments about the site that you want to add >>> under the Notes tab. If there is nutrition content in a format that can >>> automatically be recognised, it will also be added on the nutrition tab. >>> >>> Even the process of switching back to "Recipes" view to add a recipe >>> category before specifying this using the "Categories" button in the "Save >>> Recipe" dialogue window is pretty fast. If you didn't create categories >>> (e.g., if you started browsing to clip recipes as your first use of the >>> Paprika app so the table of categories is blank), or if you decide you want >>> a new category that isn't in the table, you can switch to the "Recipes" >>> view, add the category, then switch back to the "Browser" view and press >>> the "Save Recipe" button again to get back to the dialogue window with the >>> clipped recipe content and proceed with saving. The keystroke sequence >>> would go like this: press escape to leave the categories table pop up, then >>> press escape again to leave the "Save Recipes" dialogue window. Switch to >>> "Recipes" view either by using the "View" shortcuts (Command-1 for Recipes, >>> Command-2 for Browser, etc.) or by navigating to the check box option for >>> you desired view in the sidebar and activating it. After pressing two >>> escapes, I can VO-Right arrow to the Recipes check box, VO-Space to switch >>> to "Recipes" view, VO-Right to the "Categories" table, use the >>> Command-Shift-N shortcut to add a new category. VO-Left back to the >>> "Recipes" check box and VO-Down to the "Browser" check box and VO-Space to >>> change views, then VO-Left back to the "Save Recipes" button and press it >>> with VO-Space to get back to the "Save Recipes" dialogue window again to >>> resume your review/editing. The actual navigation process is faster than >>> the description. Also, for new Mac users who are used to the iPhone, the >>> above navigation can be performed with Trackpad gestures (if you're using a >>> Mac laptop or a Desktop Mac with an Apple Magic TrackPad connected via >>> Bluetooth). Just substitute right flicks on the TrackPad for VO-Right >>> arrow and down flicks for VO-Down arrow. Interact with the HTML area with >>> a two finger flick right. Double tap to press buttons and activate links >>> instead of using VO-Space. The help menu (VO-H-H, then TrackPad Commander) >>> lists the equivalent gestures. >>> >>> The first example used a general Google search of all recipe sites to find >>> and save a recipe. Another way to search for recipes is to select a web >>> site from the HTML area of the startup page for the browser and then type >>> in a text search at that web site. If you are starting on the browser app, >>> you can simply navigate to the heading for "Popular Sites" and then select >>> a link to one of the listed sites, like "Foodnet.com". If you used the >>> general search field and saved (or decided not to save) a recipe, and you >>> want to navigate back to the browser startup page, VO-Right arrow from the >>> "Save Recipe" button to the HTML area and then VO-Up arrow to the "Back" >>> button. (Note, this is one of the buttons I had to label, as described >>> earlier.) Keep pressing (VO-Space) the "Back" button until you reach the >>> first page, at which point focus will move to the "Forward" button. >>> VO-Left arrow back to the "Back" button and VO-Down arrow to the HTML >>> area. If Quick Nav is on, navigate to the links for listed sites (for >>> example, move to the "Popular" heading pressing "h", and then explore the >>> links) and activate one of your choice. Generally, there will be a search >>> field for that web site, so you can press "f" and type in your search text >>> (after turning Quick Nav off), then press "Return" to launch a search. >>> You'll have to navigate the links of results to choose a particular recipe >>> web page, but then you can VO-Left arrow twice to the "Save Recipe" button, >>> and proceed as before to read the recipe content in the dialogue area with >>> the option of saving it. >>> >>> Finally, you don't need to run your searches or selection of linked sites >>> from within the HTML area. That's simply a way that I've found convenient. >>> Alternately, you can select your web sites from the "Bookmarks" button on >>> the toolbar of the Paprika Recipe Manager window. Then move to the HTML >>> area and do your search, select your recipe links, etc. and navigate back >>> to the "Save Recipe" button to clip your recipe as before. If you have >>> come across a recipe web page in Safari that you want to clip in Paprika, >>> you can also copy the URL from Safari (Command-L then Command-C) and >>> Command-Tab to switch to the Paprika App, then navigate to the URL address >>> field on the toolbar of the Paprika Browser view, paste this in, and press >>> "Return" to go that page and proceed with recipe clipping. These are just >>> a few different ways to clip recipes using the "Save Recipe" button feature. >>> >>> The Paprika Recipe Manager Mac App is convenient to have for recipe >>> importing, but also because it's easier to integrate many other functions >>> and sources, such as consolidating older scanned recipes, importing recipes >>> from other Mac apps like MacGourmet, Sous Chef, Yummy Soup, etc. Adding >>> annotations, and working with other paired devices, or doing any >>> keyboard-specific work. Yes, you can cut and paste content. It's also >>> possible to bulk import existing text recipes directly into the iPhone or >>> iPad app if you format them with keywords, and then use iTunes file >>> sharing, but it's not so easy to get the formatting right the first you try >>> this, so even this type of recipe importing is easier to learn how to do in >>> the Mac app version. And the big plus of Paprika Recipe Manager over other >>> good recipe apps like MacGourmet is the quality and reliability of its >>> cloud syncing with iOS devices. This is something that apps like >>> MacGourmet still haven't managed to get right. >>> >>> Finally, a response to Alex's comment about the desirability of being able >>> to use a web site interface like Pepperplate. There are design trade-offs >>> in any apps. One advantage of Paprika Recipe Manager over simply storing >>> your recipes as text files in Dropbox is that it is using a database >>> structure rather than simple file structures. That is easier to set up >>> under individual user accounts in the Mac app. What this gets you are the >>> functions that are built into the database relational structure as part of >>> the app. This includes features like the integration of the recipes with >>> meal-planning and calendars, or nutrition information, along with the >>> shopping list functions, and is one of the reasons I like the Paprika >>> Recipe Manager app on iOS. >>> >>> There are probably more ways of navigating and using the Paprika >>> application, so others may wish to post their suggestions. >>> >>> HTH. Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 3:00:26 AM UTC-10, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: >>>> >>>> I've had no luck with food network. Do you paste it in the google search >>>> bar? >>>> On Dec 30, 2013, at 11:17 PM, Laura ann Grymes wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have used the browser and food network or the pioneer woman and had >>>> great success with save recipe. >>>>> I use the browser and go to the recipe I want then vo left arrow to save >>>> recipe and select it. >>>>> then it pops up with name of recipe and prompts to make sure all info is >>>> correct. >>>>> It usually is for both those sites and I change whatever needs to be >>>> then select done. >>>>> It then appears in my recipes . >>>>> Make sure you select which categories you want and it will add the >>>> recipe there. >>>>> >>>>> The developer is nice and responsive if you email them for help. >>>>> Laura Ann >>>>> >>>>> Laura ann Grymes >>>>> agape.welln...@gmail.com <javascript:> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 29, 2013, at 8:59 PM, Sarai Bucciarelli wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi: >>>>>> I have Paprika on my Mac, and iOS devices. I cannot figure out how to >>>> clip recipes from the web. I keep getting recipe errors. I can manually >>>> add >>>> recipes, add and select categories, as well as email them to people. 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