Add example for 3rd party preference

[policy-templates.git] / mac / README.md

diff --git a/mac/README.md b/mac/README.md
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--- a/mac/README.md
+++ b/mac/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/mac/org.mozilla.firefox.
 If you want to set specific options from the command line, we also provide flattened shortcuts to any item that is nested in the plist file.
 
 For example, this policy:
 If you want to set specific options from the command line, we also provide flattened shortcuts to any item that is nested in the plist file.
 
 For example, this policy:

-```
+```json

 {
   "policies": {
     "Homepage": {
 {
   "policies": {
     "Homepage": {


@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ For example, this policy:
 }
 ```
 which would be set in the plist file like this:
 }
 ```
 which would be set in the plist file like this:

+```xml
+<key>Homepage</key>
+<dict>
+  <key>URL</key>
+  <string>http://example.com</string>
+</dict>

 ```
 ```

-  <key>Homepage</key>
-  <dict>
-    <key>URL</key>
-    <string>http://example.com</string>
-  </dict>
-```
-As correctly writing nested values with the `defaults` command can be hard, Firefox also supports writing nested values by separating them with `__`, like this:
+Correctly writing the nested value with the `defaults` command can be hard, so you can flatten the keys by separating them with `__`, like this:

 ```bash
 sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox Homepage__URL -string "http://example.com"
 ```
 ```bash
 sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox Homepage__URL -string "http://example.com"
 ```