Clarify defaults write commands.

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

diff --git a/mac/README.md b/mac/README.md
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@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ For example, this policy:
 ```
 which would be set in the plist file like this:
 ```
-       <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>
 ```
-can be set via the command line like this:
-```
-defaults write org.mozilla.firefox Homepage__URL -string "http://example.com"
+As correctly writing nested values with the `defaults` command can be hard, Firefox also supports writing nested values by separating them with `__`, like this:
+```bash
+sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox Homepage__URL -string "http://example.com"
 ```
 Before any command line policies will work, you need to enable policies like this:
-```
-defaults write org.mozilla.firefox EnterprisePoliciesEnabled -bool TRUE
+```bash
+sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox EnterprisePoliciesEnabled -bool TRUE
 ```