<ul><li>Setting up n8n on MacBook Air (M1) for testing with a local, password-protected, and automatable environment using Docker.</li><li>Encountered permission errors when trying to install n8n globally with npm due to macOS protections on global folders like /usr/local/lib.</li><li>Explored using Docker as a safer and cleaner solution to install n8n to avoid permission issues.</li><li>Configured docker-compose.yml and .env file, set up a backup script using rclone, and scheduled it to run nightly using a crontab entry.</li></ul>

Setting up n8n on MacBook Air (M1): From Permission Errors to Docker

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