From: Michael Kaply <345868+mkaply@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:18:26 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Add clarificaton of plist versus mobileconfig.
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Add clarificaton of plist versus mobileconfig.
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diff --git a/mac/README.md b/mac/README.md
index 6cd58ea..6559cf3 100644
--- a/mac/README.md
+++ b/mac/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ 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.
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+In particular, in a mobileconfig, the configuraton must be nested in ```mcx_preference_settings``.
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 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: