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On macOS, you can install a crontab for your local user by running the following (using the nano editor)
On the first line, you can then enter the command you want to run and how long to run it.
* * * * * command to execute │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─── day of week (0 - 6) (0 to 6 are Sunday to Saturday, or use names; 7 is Sunday, the same as 0) │ │ │ └──────── month (1 - 12) │ │ └───────────── day of month (1 - 31) │ └────────────────── hour (0 - 23) └─────────────────────── min (0 - 59)