OpenClaw on Mac Mini: Secure 24/7 Setup Guide for Production Use

This is a step-by-step guide to run OpenClaw on a Mac mini, intended for 24/7 uptime with a security-first baseline. **Side note: **If you want this set up for you, message me. I’ll install it and tailor the agent to your goals. Phase 1: macOS prep (uptime + baseline hardening) 1) Stop the machine from sleeping sudo pmset -a sleep 0 disksleep 0 displaysleep 0 sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0 powernap 0 sudo pmset -a standby 0 autopoweroff 0 sudo pmset -a autorestart 1 Verify: pmset -g | grep sleep Expected: sleep-related values are 0. 2) Keep the system awake across reboots (LaunchAgent + caffeinate) cat > ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.openclaw.caffeinate.plist << 'EOF' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>Label</key> <string>com.openclaw.caffeinate</string> <key>ProgramArguments</key> <array> <string>/usr/bin/caffeinate</string> <string>-s</string> </arr