How to Set Up OpenClaw on a Mac Mini: The Complete Checklist

After setting up multiple OpenClaw agents on dedicated Mac Minis, I condensed every step — including the bugs, silent failures, and undocumented gotchas into one chronological checklist, so you can set this up in the most secure way possible. The fastest way to use this: open a new Claude conversation, paste this entire article, and tell it your agent’s name, role, and timezone. It’ll walk you…