Settings, Sync & Privacy
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Opening Settings
On a Mac, choose Sprig > Settings… or press ⌘,.
Units
Under Units, Show quantities in controls how ingredient amounts are displayed:
| Option | What you see |
|---|---|
| As written | Quantities exactly as the recipe gives them |
| Metric | Grams, kilograms, millilitres and litres |
| US / Imperial | Cups, spoons, ounces and pounds |
Conversions are rounded to amounts you can actually measure, and scaling servings never asks you for half an egg.
iCloud sync
Your recipes, collections, meal plans, shopping list, pantry and journal sync through your own private iCloud account. There's nothing to set up: sign in to iCloud on each device and Sprig keeps them in step.
The iCloud section in Settings shows whether sync is on. If it says Sign in to iCloud, open your device's Settings and sign in to your Apple Account. Sprig keeps working without iCloud, but your recipes stay on that one device.
Apple Intelligence
The Apple Intelligence section shows Ready or Unavailable, with a short explanation underneath. If it's unavailable, the message tells you why:
- Apple Intelligence isn't turned on. Turn it on in your device's Settings.
- It's still downloading. Try again in a few minutes.
- This device doesn't support it. Sprig still works, using the fallbacks below.
Features that use Apple Intelligence, and what happens without it:
| Feature | Without Apple Intelligence |
|---|---|
| Importing pages with no recipe data | Sprig reads ingredients and steps from the page text |
| Importing screenshots and photos | Sprig reads the text in the image and looks for ingredients and steps |
| Plan with AI | A rotation of favourites and recipes you haven't made recently |
| Ideas | Matches recipes by ingredient; no new dish suggestions |
| Asking questions in Cook Mode | Quantity questions still work |
| Read Whole Shelf in the pantry scanner | Labels and barcodes can still be scanned |
Backups
Under Library in Settings:
- Export All Recipes… saves your whole recipe library, including photos, to a single file you can keep anywhere.
- Import from Backup… brings recipes back from one of those files. Recipes already in your library are skipped, so it's safe to import the same backup more than once.
Privacy
- Apple Intelligence features run on your device. Your recipes, notes and photos are never sent to a server for processing.
- Your data lives in your own iCloud account. There is no Sprig account and no Sprig server holding your recipes.
- Sharing uses iCloud. Only the people you invite can see a recipe you share, and your journal is only shared if you turn it on.
- When you import from a link, Sprig loads that web page directly from the site, the same way your browser would.
Accessibility
Sprig supports Dynamic Type and VoiceOver throughout, and works in light and dark mode.