The professional program for your needs is "Cumulus". Evolving from a picture database is was already at Mac OS 7 times promoted as programm for "digital assets". So it can catalog, sort, group, create small preview pictures, etc. for any kind of data. There were even workgroup editions for mixed networks.

Another option would be "ACDsee".

Also of interrest (including various movie options) is "Olympus Camedia Master", but I never used it myselv. Last version seems to be 4.2 and there were also "Pro" versions.

And finally there was a damn fast freeware, that blew away all other programs in displaying the thumbnails by factor 5 or something. But just for photos, and sadly I cannot remember the name right now and it is just at my broken Pismos HD, … :-/

thermal done this time?

Nope, doing the thermal paste is not something I want to get into. As you probably know it's a little bit tricky on these old machines with the fragile pins and unless a machine is overheating (which of course I wouldn't sell) I don't really see the necessity. The most likely cause of thermal issues would be twenty years of dust blocking airflow. When you couple cleaning the machine and replacing the HD with a lower power SSD I am already improving the thermal situation on all of these machines.

thermal done this time?

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I have a feeling that all the newcomer user base is mostly interested in getting cheap G3/G4, slapping OS9 onto it, playing a retro game or two and then putting the machine back in the corner.

Well to be fair, os9 as daily driver in 2024 isnt really an option

We would profit if we enter a mindset where its just a hobby rather
Than for professional use

Some disagree, but in my case, I don't just disagree: I think the opposite is true.

I think in 2024+, any (near any) Intel/AMD/ARM machine is not only not an option, but also a detriment when used, thanks to various famous hardware-level backdoors (IME, AMD PSP etc.), on top of various purposeful flaws that only get worse with time (soldered SSD and soldered RAM, for example). The most important things we daily do in life don't require a computer at all (and if they do, then something is wrong), but for the few things that a computer really helps us with, you will want decent hardware (PPC, 68k etc.). All versions of Mac OS (not Mac OS X) can run only on such hardware.

There is nothing I want to do that requires me to have any other system, not even the TLS issue @Mat alluded to. GNU/Linux also has a lot of issues, and is far more compromised than is commonly acknowledged, especially in the past 15+ years. All OSes are imperfect at best, of course, but I get all I want or need from an OS with Mac OS 9, be it today or tomorrow. Simply.

For "modern" systems, I think they are (sort of) fine if strictly forever used as an airgap device (no peripherals connected to it connect anywhere else, also obviously no Ethernet, WiFi, BlueTooth etc.). This is actually true for any computerized device to be perfectly honest, but is especially applicable to "modern" stuff, all of which are 100% unacceptable in every regard. Although I think almost no one using "modern" systems (or old systems that were compromised by design, such as any version of Windows starting at least with 95 OSR) is doing that.

In short: I refuse to endorse in any capacity any hardware or software that is flawed by design. Simultaneously, Mac OS 9 is one incredibly useful OS that runs properly on such great devices.

1920x1200 on everything, baby