To get started, you need first to have Shop’NCook Menu or Pro software installed on your computer with one or more unlocked cookbooks that contain your recipes.

Select then “Synchronize” in the Sync menu and follow the instructions on the screen.

Note that you need a valid license key in order to synchronize your data. If you are doing a trial of the software, make sure to request a trial registration number in the Help menu in order to access the synchronization function.

You will be asked first if you want to enable the synchronization: click OK.

Next, you will be asked if you have an existing account or if you want to create one. If you have a Direct Access account, you can use it here, but otherwise if it is the first time you synchronize, you will have to create one. Click “No” to create an account.

You have to input your full name, a username of your choice, your e-mail address, a password and a name for your computer. The name of your computer is for your own use so that you can know from which computer your data originates.

Make sure to remember your username and password, as you will have to input this login information in the mobile app or when synchronizing other computers so that they can all access the same account.

Click OK when you are done.

After creating an account, you will be shown the synchronization options: this is where you select the cookbooks you want to synchronize. Note that you can access the synchronization options at anytime from the Sync menu.

In the synchronizatino options, you can select up to 4 cookbooks to synchronize. After selecting each cookbook, make sure to click on the “Synchronize” button next to it and to confirm you want to add it to the synchronization scheme.

If you want to use Shop’NCook Mobile Kitchen app, it is important that you select here also “synchronize the shopping list” if it is not already selected, in order to share your shopping list with the app.

When you are happy with your selections, click on Done. The synchronization starts automatically. The cookbooks are uploaded to the cloud, from where they can be accessed from your mobile devices or synchronized with other computers.