X-Git-Url: https://git.p6c8.net/policy-templates.git/blobdiff_plain/367b3facd3fabf7315140b40721957b038131e2f..9b74a7cc27a23fc49fbcb9f4af1b6ac0f110fc84:/mac/README.md diff --git a/mac/README.md b/mac/README.md index ad7764c..6559cf3 100644 --- a/mac/README.md +++ b/mac/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,13 @@ -**IMPORTANT**: These files are in active development along with the policies in Firefox. To get the policy information that corresponds to a specific release, go to https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/releases. - -Starting with Firefox 64 and Firefox ESR 60.4, Firefox supports configuration files on macOS. +**IMPORTANT**: To use enterprise policies on macOS, you must set the `EnterprisePoliciesEnabled` policy. An example plist file with all options is available here: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/mac/org.mozilla.firefox.plist +This plist file is NOT a mobileconfig. It is intended to be input to a tool like Apple Configurator, Profile Manager, Jamf Pro or Intune. For my testing, I use https://github.com/timsutton/mcxToProfile. + +In particular, in a mobileconfig, the configuraton must be nested in ```mcx_preference_settings``. + 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: @@ -39,3 +41,7 @@ If you want to set user specific policies, use ~/Library without sudo: defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox EnterprisePoliciesEnabled -bool TRUE defaults write ~/Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox Homepage__URL -string "http://example.com" ``` +If you find that Firefox is not using your updates immediately, you can run: +```bash +sudo defaults read /Library/Preferences/org.mozilla.firefox +```